. Helen on her travels: what she saw and what she did in Europe . ss vase ; but I have broken it. Is nt it too bad ? We had some nice dinner there, too, and I wasreal hungry. It was so nice to eat in such a beautifulplace. Papa was impatient to get a seat before thegreat organ, because there was to be a concert,and so many people were there ; but I cared more to seeTom Thumb and his family than to hear the organ;for they were going to come out on the platform afterthe music ^\as through. I saw them all in America 38 HELEN ON HER TRAVELS. once when I was witli Mary and Annie; and I wasgla
. Helen on her travels: what she saw and what she did in Europe . ss vase ; but I have broken it. Is nt it too bad ? We had some nice dinner there, too, and I wasreal hungry. It was so nice to eat in such a beautifulplace. Papa was impatient to get a seat before thegreat organ, because there was to be a concert,and so many people were there ; but I cared more to seeTom Thumb and his family than to hear the organ;for they were going to come out on the platform afterthe music ^\as through. I saw them all in America 38 HELEN ON HER TRAVELS. once when I was witli Mary and Annie; and I wasglad I did; for in the Crystal Palace, the gentlemencrowded before me so I could hardly see. But theysung and appeared as pretty as they always do, andI like to see them very much, though papa and mam-ma said it seemed so ridiculous to see sensible peoplecare for such nonsense. But little children cant bevery sensible, can they, Susie ? at any rate we do liketo see little Tom Thumb and his little wife, do nt we ?When we went home in the evening I slept all HELEN ON HER TRAVELS. 39 Eleve^^th Lettee. londo:n. Dear Susie: It snowed almost all clay yesterday, and to-day it israining, so tliat I cant go out. I liave been playingwith my doll, and. have sewed a little for her, (my kindof sewing, you know,) and now I do nt know what todo, unless I write to you. I was delighted yesterday when I saw the snow, forI thought everything would look as clean and whiteas it does at home; but just as soon as the prettyflakes touched the ground they melted in the thickblack mud, and helped to make the walking worsethan it was before. It seems to me that nothing doeslook clean in London in the winter time; and thesmoke and yellow fog really blackens anything whitein our rooms. Why, Susie, we have our white muslincurtains changed eYevj fortnight, for they do nt keepclean any longer. Shall I tell you about the Tower, or the Tunnel, orSt. Pauls, or the Parks, first, Susie ? for I have beento se
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