One day when Christian stepped out of his coach to enter St. James's Palace, a fine buxom girl, who formed one of the little crowd that always assembled to witness the King's goings out and comings in, burst through the line, caught the King in her arms, and, fairly lifting him off the ground, kissed him heartily. "Now," said she, "kill me if you like, I shall die happy, for I have kissed the prettiest fellow in the world." Christian, far from being offended, was delighted with this tribute to his charms. He gave the girl a crown and ran laughing up the stairs. But after this incident it was necessary to have a double line of attendants, as other maidens might have been tempted to repeat the experiment, for the King, though so small, was much admired by the ladies of all classes. He was fond of dining in public at St. James's, that is to say, he sat at a table in the middle of the room, and the general public, chiefly women, were admitted to a space at one end, shut off by a rail, whence they could see "the Northern Scamp" eat his dinner. Powdered, painted, patched, perfumed, richly dressed in silk, velvet and lace, and besprinkled with jewels, Christian looked like a Dresden china figure. The men said he resembled a girl dressed in a man's clothes, but the women adored him. Six weeks had passed since the King of Denmark's arrival in England, yet he showed no inclination to depart. But the King of England, who had to bear the cost of his maintenance, thought that it was high time for him to return to his Queen and country. Other hints proving vain, George III. invited his royal guest to what he pointedly called a "farewell entertainment" at Richmond Lodge, on September 26. "A most elegant structure," we read, "was erected, in the centre of which was a large triumphal arch, about forty feet high, of the Grecian order, decorated with figures, trophies and other embellishments." The entertainment was equal to the magnificence of the structure, and the fireworks were the finest ever exhibited in England. The road from St. James's Palace to Richmond Lodge, along which Christian passed, was illuminated by upwards of fifteen thousand Italian lamps. The Danish King accepted this "farewell entertainment," but still showed no signs of saying farewell. The Princess-Dowager of Wales, therefore, by way of speeding the parting guest, gave a supper party on October 1, to bid him good-bye. It consisted of three tables, one for their Majesties and the Princess-Dowager, a second for the King of Denmark and fifty of the nobility, and a third for the Prince of Wales (afterwards George IV., then a boy of six years old) and his attendants. The supper party accomplished the object for which it was given, and Christian VII. named the much-wished-for day of his departure, which, however, was not for another fortnight.