. Eight journeys abroad. CHATEAU DE CHENONCEAUX restoring it to the state it was in in the Fifteenth great part of it is uninhabitable at present. The Chapel ofSt. Hubert is perfectly beautiful. We went down into thetown and out of the chateau by an enormous tower, not bya staircase, but by an inclined plane which was used by eques-trians and up which Charles V w^as conducted by Henry Hwhen he came to visit him, by torchlight. An iron-railed galleryout of one of the rooms is where Francis H and Mary Stuart,Catherine de Medici and her two sons witnessed the massacreof the Huguenots in
. Eight journeys abroad. CHATEAU DE CHENONCEAUX restoring it to the state it was in in the Fifteenth great part of it is uninhabitable at present. The Chapel ofSt. Hubert is perfectly beautiful. We went down into thetown and out of the chateau by an enormous tower, not bya staircase, but by an inclined plane which was used by eques-trians and up which Charles V w^as conducted by Henry Hwhen he came to visit him, by torchlight. An iron-railed galleryout of one of the rooms is where Francis H and Mary Stuart,Catherine de Medici and her two sons witnessed the massacreof the Huguenots in the streets far below. Leonardo da Vincialso died and was buried there at that castle. FRANCE I hope to see two more castles to-morrow. Although itIs Sunday night, the band is playing the Marseillaise and I cansee some fountains from my windows on the Boulevard. It wasquite a coincidence, our meeting the Emersons. Just as wewere leaving Mont St. Michel last Tuesday morning, Madame. CHATEAU DAMBOISE Poulard asked us to write our names in her book. There wesaw the following verse signed with three Emerson namesfrom Boston: Joan of Arc at point of lance,Drove the English out of France;But Madame Poulard better yet,Brings them back with an omelette. EIGHT JOURNEYS ABROAD We thought it very clever and all learned it by heart, so whenI found these people were named Emerson, it flashed upon mewho they were, and I repeated the verse much to their sur-prise and Mr. E. asked where I found the verse. They willspend the night of September 27th at the Adelphi, as we ex-pect to do, but sail by another line. Cliff and I have made upour minds that you must come over, if only for two or threeweeks and take us home With much love from both of us,Yours aff., M. D. R. P. S.—We have struck our first warm weather. As usual, thesun shines brightly. I dont know what we should think ifwe should find it raining some day. There is so much coolbreeze that the heat is perfectly bearable a
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