This disposition, visible as it was in his Majesty, did not prevent the courtiers from ranging themselves along his pathway. In royal antechambers it is worth more to be viewed with an angry eye than not to be seen at all.
Esta disposición, por visible que fuera en Su Majestad, no impidió a los cortesanos alinearse a su paso: en las antecámaras reales más vale ser visto con mirada irritada que no ser visto en absoluto.