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He knew his feelings were not shared, however. Around him, the crowd stirred and rustled, but remained hushed, as the first redcoats appeared, and the banner of the white rose on a red field. And there, in the front, on a white stallion, rode James.He looked like an equestrian statue, bolt upright in the saddle, shoulders thrown easily back, shining black boots pressing in the stirrups. Calvin Klein High Waist Briefs
He wore a hat?not the ubiquitous tricorn, but a broadbrimmed thing cocked on the side, plumed with white feathers, like a cavalier from the last century, like his uncle Charles in the Restoration. His coat was of modern cut, widepleated skirts hanging long, and yet baroquely encrusted with gold braid and lace, again recalling earlier days. Next to him, on matching horse and in duplicate clothes, a boy of perhaps twelve years smiled at the crowd?his son, no doubt. Cavalry followed in their train, redcoated infantry, Irish dragoons, and Highlanders in smart, dark, tartan kilts, great baskethilted claymores nearly dragging the ground. Calvin Klein X Boxers Even to Ben?s skeptical eyes, it was a splendid sight.And someone shouted, ?Hurrah for the king!? and the cheers broke like a sudden wave on the rocks, hurling up, churning louder. As James entered the square, the crowd surged in, though smartlooking fellows in snowy coats kept them gently at bay, as white flowers?most made of paper? showered upon him. He smiled?a bright, ivorytoothed smile?and waved, making the crowd roar the louder. Calvin Klein Trunks
Franklin was mute, but even he felt the tug?a powerful urge to weep, almost, with joy. It was as if, suddenly, the world was as it should be, as if no comet had ever fallen upon London, as if the years of hardship, famine, and war had never been. Almost, he lifted his own hat high. Almost.