The picture of confusion and happiness, it is said the young couple ascended the broad staircase of the Palace together hand in hand. Thus they proceeded into the Presence Chamber crowded with courtiers of both sexes. Here, according to Lord Hervey, the Princess “threw herself all along the floor, first at the King’s, then at the Queen’s feet,” and by so doing greatly pleased little George, whose kingly brow had been disfigured by wrinkles when she arrived, for she was a little late. This act was considered by the Court as being so exceedingly tactful that she was given the credit at once of being a girl of “propriety and sense.” But the King graciously raised her up and kissed her on both cheeks with his royal arm round her. The Queen embraced her too, and the remainder of the family did their best to make up for their neglect of her at Greenwich. This must have been a trying ordeal for the young Princess considering that her wedding was to take place that very night at nine o’clock! To avoid the question of precedence before Augusta became Princess of Wales, the King and Queen decided that she should dine with the younger members of the family, and this incident gave rise to a scene which can only be regarded as exceedingly comic, and which gave the bride an idea of what sort of a family she was marrying into. Of course it must be remembered that the actors in this absurd scene were all young, though the Prince was the eldest and certainly twenty-nine. For some reason, possibly by way of a joke, for he was extremely fond of joking, _vide_ the Bubb Doddington incident, the Prince decreed that at this meal, his brother and all his sisters should sit on stools without any backs, whilst he and his bride luxuriated in arm-chairs at the head of the table. Upon this the Duke of Cumberland, who was fifteen, and the Princesses, refused to go into the Dining Chamber until the stools were all removed--there ought to have been one for the Princess Augusta’s doll--and chairs substituted in their place. This formality being complied with, exception was taken by these young royalties to the fact that the Prince of Wales and the bride were being served on bended knee and they were not. This difficulty was got over by their being allowed to be waited on by their own servants, who it is presumed served them also on bended knee or in any other position in which it pleased them to have their food handed to them. But these young sticklers remained firm on one point, they would _not_ receive coffee from the Prince’s servants for fear they should “pass some indignity upon them with the cups.” Altogether it was a scene which was well fitted for a nursery, and no doubt heartily enjoyed by Augusta who had just come away from one.