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<DIV>Referring to the unveiling of the Cenotaph in Whitehall by George V,</DIV>
<DIV>followed by the interment of the Unknown Solider in Westminster
Abbey,</DIV>
<DIV>on 11 November 1920, VW wrote: ‘going down the Strand the night of
the</DIV>
<DIV>Cenotaph; such a lurid scene, like one in Hell. A soundless street; no
traffic;</DIV>
<DIV>but people marching. Clear, cold, & windless. A bright light in the
Strand;</DIV>
<DIV>women crying Remember the Glorious Dead, & holding out
chrysanthemums.</DIV>
<DIV>Always the sound of feet on the pavement. Faces bright & lurid [. .
.]</DIV>
<DIV>A ghastly procession of people in their sleep’ (D2 79–80).</DIV>
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<DIV>Stuart</DIV>
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