‘The coronation of our new emperor—the Czar.’
‘But I thought that that was to take place yesterday.’
‘This is yesterday—to you.’
‘Certainly it is. But my mind is confused, these days: there are reasons for it.... Is this the beginning of the procession?’
‘Oh, no; it began to move an hour ago.’
‘Is there much more of it still to come?’
‘Two hours of it. Why do you sigh?’
‘Because I should like to see it all.’
‘And why can’t you?’
‘I have to go—presently.’