He put on the red moccasin that he had taken off some time before, when I was still standing on our balcony, and this somehow dissipated any air of helplessness he might have had, and it occurred to me suddenly that the conversation might end.

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At some point, you almost expected to see Kentucky coach John Calipari waving on a Bourbon Street balcony to the masses of Kentucky fans below.

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Earlier the royal couple spoke to some of the hundreds of people who had gathered and waved to crowds in Market Square from the balcony of Cambridge Guildhall.

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From the banks, our boat must have looked a bit like some floating cubist sculpture, its white angular structure scored by floor-to-ceiling windows striped with balcony railings, its monochromatic figure floating in a backdrop of clear blue sky.

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