. Eight journeys abroad. , inquired at her Hotel and foundto her delight she was not only in Paris but in her apartment,so up we went to the top of one of those big houses facing theTuilleries gardens, to find a warm reception and such a beau-tiful view. Your Mother has therefore been very happy with Mrs. W., and I have wandered around pretty much alone. Thursday I went out to Versailles and found old Mr. Mourge (90 years old!) and Mr. Alfred Durand, and they gave me a warm reception, Mourge kissing me on both cheeks. It was a 294 FRANCE most delightful glimpse of real French existence, a drol
. Eight journeys abroad. , inquired at her Hotel and foundto her delight she was not only in Paris but in her apartment,so up we went to the top of one of those big houses facing theTuilleries gardens, to find a warm reception and such a beau-tiful view. Your Mother has therefore been very happy with Mrs. W., and I have wandered around pretty much alone. Thursday I went out to Versailles and found old Mr. Mourge (90 years old!) and Mr. Alfred Durand, and they gave me a warm reception, Mourge kissing me on both cheeks. It was a 294 FRANCE most delightful glimpse of real French existence, a droll sort ofhouse with beautiful garden filled with blooming flowers. OldMourge was deaf as a post so to amuse me he got a whistleand some bread crumbs and when he blew his whistle myriadsof sparrows came and crowded around him. It was a pictureindeed. I fired off a plate at him but dont know if I will getanything. Yesterday your Mother and I had our star excursion toFontainebleau and Barbizon, and while the weather was hot. FONTAINEBLEAU: THL L inc low .\ AND THE FOREST we enjoyed the trip greatly. The Palace is marvelously pre-served. The park covers 35,000 acres, and as well kept as agarden. Barbizon is where quantities of painters have theirplaces and make sketches. We drove for hours through the forest and saw the treesby all lights and now shall have a more tender appreciationof the pictures of the Barbizon school. To-day we are off to Brussels, finding the journey to Frank-fort and Hombourg no longer than by Strasbourg and givingus a chance to see Belgium, Cologne and the Rhine. We will 295 EIGHT JOURNEYS ABROAD arrive in Hombourg on Wednesday and remain there, yourMother thinks, two or three weeks. I have written CountAdelmann but thus far have no response, if I dont hear soonI will write to him again for I know he wants us to visit him. We expect to meet all our folks later on in Hombourg andhope to hear they are having an enjoyable time. Now to the most important thing.
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