. Eight journeys abroad. e are on the go constantly. We mustrun for a train at Paddington so good-bye for to-day. Affy, F. H. R. I saw the Eton vs. Harrow match yesterday. A greatsight. Hotel Metropole, London,July I2th, Laura, I take advantage of our first evening at home to write aline. London tires one so it is hard to get up courage to write. I dont remember where I last wrote from, but think it was 282 ENGLAND Wells. From there we went to Bath and enjoyed the quaintold town. I took a bath in the grand Pump Room built overand around the old Roman Baths and enjoyed it, but it made
. Eight journeys abroad. e are on the go constantly. We mustrun for a train at Paddington so good-bye for to-day. Affy, F. H. R. I saw the Eton vs. Harrow match yesterday. A greatsight. Hotel Metropole, London,July I2th, Laura, I take advantage of our first evening at home to write aline. London tires one so it is hard to get up courage to write. I dont remember where I last wrote from, but think it was 282 ENGLAND Wells. From there we went to Bath and enjoyed the quaintold town. I took a bath in the grand Pump Room built overand around the old Roman Baths and enjoyed it, but it mademe ache like fury all night so I couldnt sleep. Frank decided he wanted to see Oxford—so we went thereThursday morning and Frank worked so hard at the collegeshe couldnt sleep all night and made up his mind that hismind was failing him. However he recovered enough to goout to Blenheim the next morning. I love Oxford and Frank was delighted with it, also Blen-heim was very fine, but not at all old-fashioned. The Duchess. of Marlborough was not there, so we got a look at the State rooms or parlors, rather small ones, but beautifully furnished, except the Library, which was very large and long,—white carved wood walls and ceiling and Immense palms down the middle of the room, and a fine organ. I took in all the details I could but it Is very hard to remember seeing so much. That same afternoon we came on to London. Frank had written to Mr. Mactear and so after going to the Bank we found him here and he had arranged for us to go to Earls Court to see the exhibition and dine with them at the Welcome Club. The Gardens were illuminated and it was a beautiful sight. Mrs. Mactear was very cordial and we had another guest, Princess de Luslgnan, an elderly stout woman, but who 283 EIGHT JOURNEYS ABROAD was very polite and an interesting talker. Air. M. in the mean-time had arranged for a day on the River, the next day beingthe greatest Sunday on the River. They arranged with us to mee
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