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said Chester . `` I hope he has n't gotten into any trouble . '' Eleven o'clock came , and still no word from Hal . At 11:15 Chester and Jean left the Hotel de Ville and made their way toward the Palace . A great crowd had already assembled when they arrived , and they had some difficulty in pushing their way through , so that they might get as close as possible to the spot where the President was to stand while delivering his address . By the dint of hard shoving and pushing , and the use of their elbows , however , they were finally successful , and came to a pause near the foot of the steps , in the very first line of spectators . Beyond was drawn up an armed guard of perhaps a hundred soldiers .