[268] I do not think that this characteristic anecdote is preserved elsewhere.
[269] Emma, widow of King Kaméhaméha IV., who died Nov. 30, 1863. She was born Jan. 2, 1836, being daughter of George Naca, a native chief, and of Fanny Yong. Charles Rooke, a rich doctor, adopted her, and left her all his fortune. Having seen three kings succeed her husband, and been equally honoured and respected by all, Queen Emma died in March 1885.
[270] From "Walks in London."
[271] From "The Story of Two Noble Lives."
[272] From "The Story of Two Noble Lives."
[273] Colonel Alexander Higginson of the Grenadier Guards, celebrated for his silence, was keeping the door. He said not a word in answer to all her entreaties, but dropped his sword as a barrier in front of the Queen.—Note from Mrs. Owen Grant, niece of Colonel A. Higginson.
[274] Caroline, daughter of Francis I., king of Naples, widow of the Duc de Berri, younger son of Charles X.
[275] The Duc de Bordeaux (Comte de Chambord).
[276] The Archduchess Marie Therese, daughter of Francis IV., Duke of Modena.
[277] Louis Henri Joseph, Duc de Bourbon, father of the Duc d'Enghien, the last member of the House of Condé, who fought a duel with Charles X. in 1776. He married Marie Thérèse d'Orleans in 1770.