He was so much amused at Uncle Ernest's being astonished at our still having the Litany.

We agreed that the whole thing was a very fine sight.

He thought the robes, and particularly the Dalmatic, "looked remarkably well." "And you did it all so well--excellent!" said he, with tears in his eyes.

He said he thought I looked rather pale and "moved by all the people" when I arrived; "and that's natural; and that's better." The Archbishop's and Dean's copes, which were remarkably handsome, were from James the Second's time; the very same that were worn at his Coronation, Lord Melbourne told me.

Spoke of the Bishop of Durham's awkwardness, Lord Rolle's fall, etc.