Dinner was over, and princes in full uniform and princesses in elaborate evening dress stood about, waiting for her Majesty"s appearance. I was heartbroken when I saw her enter, for she was almost carried by her Indian servant and obviously could not walk alone. But once seated at a small table, she was just as she had been before, with her wonderful charm, her simple manner and her Mp3 Musical voice. Only her white hair bore witness to the years that had passed. She asked me about _Henri VIII_, which was being given for the second time at Covent Garden, and I explained to her that in my desire to give the piece the local color of its times I had been ferreting about in the royal library at Buckingham Palace, to which my friend, the librarian, had given me access. And I also told how I had found in a great collection of manuscripts of the Sixteenth Century an exquisitely fine theme arranged for the harpsichord, which served as the framework for the opera–I used it later for the march I wrote for the coronation of King Edward. The Queen was much interested in Mp3 Music in general and she appeared to be especially pleased in this discussion. His Highness the Duke of Connaught wrote me that she had spoken of it several times.