. Eight journeys abroad. Thedoctor came and we all went downstairs, and I was shown thefamily portraits and miniatures. Both their ancestors wereMarechals de France; they have full length portraits of themand beautiful portraits of women; the Marechals sword andorders and the robe of the Saint Esprit (Santo Spirito). When lunch was served, I found a crowd of company, the *The babies grown to manhood were killed in battle in 1916 in France! 216 FRANCE doctor with his wife and baby, three Abbes, a Count some-body, who has married an American wife and who was a per-fectly charming man. I was the
. Eight journeys abroad. Thedoctor came and we all went downstairs, and I was shown thefamily portraits and miniatures. Both their ancestors wereMarechals de France; they have full length portraits of themand beautiful portraits of women; the Marechals sword andorders and the robe of the Saint Esprit (Santo Spirito). When lunch was served, I found a crowd of company, the *The babies grown to manhood were killed in battle in 1916 in France! 216 FRANCE doctor with his wife and baby, three Abbes, a Count some-body, who has married an American wife and who was a per-fectly charming man. I was the guest of honor and taken inon the Marquis arm. They had a nice lunch of several courses,three or four kinds of wine and champagne. Two men inlivery; you would have laughed to see how perfectly at myease I was. I talked as much as anyone and even made lunch we found Madame had been brought downinto the salon the first time. She was so very enthusiasticover me I couldnt help being flattered and she raved over. CHATEAU DE ROCHAMBEAU, VENDOME America. I told them they must certainly come over nextyear and we would do all we could for her. The second sonhad to come to Paris in the afternoon, so we travelled togetheras far as Voves. We went in a private omnibus, with our bag-gage on top, to Vendome, and the Marquis took me throughthe cathedral and showed me all the sights. They have be-hind their house a hill which is riddled with caves, formerdwellings of a race called the cave dwellers. They havebeen like that 3000 years! We noticed all through the Tour-aine from Tours all along the Loire, the hills pierced with make use of them now to store things and as stables,and even as dwellings. Mme. has built a handsome chapel and they have Mass twice a week. 217 EIGHT JOURNEYS ABROAD
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