r favorite jewelry. She ordered the two gowns which she had worn
at the audiences when she received Admiral Evans and Mrs. Evans, to be
brought in, and also the same jewels as she had worn on those respective
occasions. She had two photographs taken in these costumes, one in
each dress. Next she wanted one taken in a plain gown, without any
embroidery. She then ordered my brother to go and finish the pictures
which had already been taken, as she was anxious to see what they were
like. She said to my brother: "You wait a minute, I want to go with
you and see how you work on them." Of course, I had not considered
it necessary to explain to Her Majesty the process of developing the
pictures, the dark room, etc., so I explained to her as well as I could
the whole thing. Her Majesty replied: "It doesn't matter. I want to
go and see the room, no matter what kind of a room it is." So we all
adjourned to the dark room in order to see my brother work on the
photographs. We placed a chair so that Her Majesty could sit down. She
said to my brother: "You must forget that I am here, and go along with
your work just as usual." She watched for a while, and was very pleased
when she saw that the plates were developing so quickly. My brother held
up the plate to the red light, to enable her to see more distinctly.
Her Majesty said: "It is not very clear. I can see that it is myself all
right, but why is it that my face and hands are dark?" We explained to
her that when the picture was printed on paper, these dark spots would
show white, and the white parts would be dark. She said: "Well, one is
never too old to learn. This is something really new to me. I am not
sorry that I suggested having my photograph taken, and only hope that
I shall like the portrait painting as well." She said to my brother:
"Don't finish these photographs until after I have had my afternoon
rest. I want to see you do it." When she got up at about half-past
three, it did not take her long to dress herself, as was her usual
custom, and she went immediately to where my brother had the papers and
everything prepared. He then showed Her Majesty how the printing was
done. There was plenty of light, as it was summer time, and as it was
only four o'clock in the afternoon, the sun was still high. Her Majesty
watched for two hours while my brother was printing, and was delighted
to see each picture come out quite plainly. She held the first one in
her hands so long while ex