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were much admired. The King was greatly
interested in the case of deer, & enquired who
shot the stag etc. On leaving I accompanied
them down the steps & they both shook hands &
said how much they had enjoyed their visit
The Queen several times remarked on the
fact, which surprised her, that she had never
heard of the Museum before, & asked me
what it was called. They had a look at
the model of the Castle & the Queen questioned
me as to whether I considered the scheme a
good one. I replied that it had many points
to commend it. "I wonder why Lord Roseberry
is so opposed to it" she said. A visit to
the Castle followed on that to the Museum,
and at the suggestion of the Duke I went on
there with the Duchess of Atholl in her car.
We all got out at the esplanade, & the King
inspected the Coy. [Company] of the Scots Guards that had
been brought down for the occasion. I
felt rather out of place posed among the
gentlemen in waiting, while the public
thronged round the drill ground. We were
at the Castle for an hour or so & went
all over it. I had some talk with Lord
Sandhurst, who was in attendance & who

seemed much pleased with the visit. When their
Majesties left they called me up, and shook
hands on saying goodbye. I got home
just in time to prepare for the garden party
at Holyrood in the afternoon. So difficult was
it to obtain a car in Edinburgh that the
sisters hired the Melrose car for the day, took
us with them to the party, & motored home
in it afterwards. Though the weather was
very uncertain it kept up beautifully all afternoon
and we had a delightful entertainment. There
were between 3 and 4000 people present, yet
the garden was not crowded. Heaps of people
had come in from all parts of Scotland and
one met numbers of friends. When the King
& Queen came out we stationed ourselves in
the King's circle which happened to be near
where we were standing, and when His Majesty
came past, he recognised me, and again
shook hands, and also shook with Jocelyn.
The mixture of people & styles of clothing were
very quaint, some people extremely smart, &
others extraordinarily frumpy. The
provosts from some of the provincial towns &
such like cut quaint figures. Entrance
to the gardens was through a gate in
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