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A little lower on the same estrade were the places of the Princes of the family, and the Foreign Princes.

Then the long procession of Princes and Princesses left their seats on the estrade, and passed before the Sovereigns.

Just in the middle there was a high estrade, covered with red velvet, and a great gold baldaquin with Imperial eagles embroidered on it.

We couldn't, because we had nothing to sit upon, so we remained standing at the end of the room, facing the estrade.

In the corner stands a little estrade of bamboo, where the Mikado and his chosen friends used to sit in deep contemplation before the elaborate world of their fancy, and enjoy the passive happiness of the Zen doctrine.