Bora made sure to send her brother out early in the morning to secure a spot in the first line of watchers gathered on the main street. The grand march was about to start at noon.
People, coming out in their best outfits, were split into groups, walling both sides of the roads, lining up from the city gates and all the way to the palace garden. Here the tribunes for nobles and the royal family marked the end of the procession. The first and most illustrious faces of the capital were already taking their places, exchanging cordial words among each other, grateful to stay out of the sun under the extended awning, marked with the emblem of the king-they were all under the king's protection.