But what sound is that? They are drinking toasts within; and
one is now given which stirs the vast multitude like an electrical
shock. I cannot hear at first, the roar is so deafening: but presently
I am able to analyse the sounds that have caused the commotion; and I
confess it is with a beating heart, and a sort of choking sensation in
the throat, I hear every lip repeat--'The Queen of England!' and every
band in the Park take up from the music in the tent our own national
strain, till the whole atmosphere vibrates with _God save the Queen!_
The effect was magical, and I felt gratified beyond measure--not alone
at the compliment to our country, but as evidence that the
Anglo-Saxons are still one great community, and that the proceedings
of that day would rivet between the two countries the bond of common
blood. The day closed as happily as it had begun, and the streets were
crowded up to a late hour. I was in all the thickest of the press, and
I know that there was not a single accident, nor did I see or hear of
any instance of drunkenness or disorder.
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