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CHAPTER III
bulgaria in i9ii
The presentation of his credentials by a foreign Minister
takes place in Sofia with the usual ceremonial but with
a little more pomp than in other Balkan capitals.
On the appointed day, gala-coaches and an escort of
Hussars of the Royal Guard came to fetch me and my
suite, and thus in full uniform and accompanied by the
general aide-de-camp of the King, I crossed the short
space between the Russian Legation and the King’s
Palace, an unimposing building situated—just as in Abel
Hermant’s play—between the public gardens, the square
and the four-storied house.
The King awaited me in the Throne Room, with
M. Malinov, President of the Council and Minister for
Foreign Affairs, at his side; I read my speech and
handed my credentials to the King, I listened to his
reply, after which he stretched out his hand to me with
a few words of welcome and invited me to his study,
the doors of which closed upon us without M. Malinov
being invited to accompany us. There the King begged
me to be seated, and we held a fairly long conversation
touching on political questions of the moment and the
news from the Russian Court,—a conversation of no
importance, but in the course of which the King was
pleased to show me a great deal of friendliness. When
we had exhausted these subjects, we returned to the
Audience Hall, where the King’s Court and the Prime
Minister were still waiting. Having been dismissed
with great ceremony by the King, I was taken to pa}’
my court to Queen Eleanor and the heir to the throne,
and then I left, surrounded by the same pomp.
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