CHAPTER XXIII. 194

HER MAJESTY’S ANXIETY--HER BIRTHDAY Her Anxiety--Exterior and Interior Troubles--Preparations for Her Majesty’s Birthday--Her Desire to Have Everything as Simple as Possible and to Spare Expense--The Emperor’s Wish to Celebrate with the Usual Pomp, and Desire to Bestow a New Title upon the Empress Dowager--Difference of Her Majesty’s Interest in her Own and the Emperor’s Birthday-- When She Received the Congratulations--Early Hour of Congratulation--The Interior of the Throne-room and Decorations for the Birthday--Winter Court Dress of the Ladies--The Empress Dowager’s Fatigue.