Posted by joye on October 7, 2015, 3:55 am, in reply to "Re: story "
Thankyou again
--Previous Message-- : Mark Kerr (whose wife? sister? was LIW to : Princess Victoria of Hesse) wrote: : : "At this moment she received the full : bag of rice, which the Emperor had carried, : in her face, followed by the satin shoe. : Casting dignity aside she caught the shoe, : and leaning over the back of the carriage : hit the Emperor on the head with it, at the : same time telling him exactly what she : thought of him, which so over-came him that : he stood still in the middle of the road : shrieking with laughter." : : Apparently the tsar caused his detectives a : bit of concern by running through the crowd, : leaving them in his dust. Sounds like a fun : wedding! :