. The diary of a girl in France in 1821 . there for a long ^ It rained part of the time, so we were obliged to keep up ourumbrellas. 158 MARY BROWNES DIARY [aug. while. When he returned the waters playedagain. They came back with large bunchesof flowers in each carriage. We saw greatnumbers of the soldiers returning. Althoughthe waters played for so short a time, someof the pipes burst. It costs 1200 francsevery time the great waters play. Therestatirateurs make a great deal of moneywhen they play, as it brings numbers ofpeople from Paris. About a week beforethis the restatirateurs caused it t
. The diary of a girl in France in 1821 . there for a long ^ It rained part of the time, so we were obliged to keep up ourumbrellas. 158 MARY BROWNES DIARY [aug. while. When he returned the waters playedagain. They came back with large bunchesof flowers in each carriage. We saw greatnumbers of the soldiers returning. Althoughthe waters played for so short a time, someof the pipes burst. It costs 1200 francsevery time the great waters play. Therestatirateurs make a great deal of moneywhen they play, as it brings numbers ofpeople from Paris. About a week beforethis the restatirateurs caused it to be put inthe newspapers that the great waters were toplay; and this brought a great many people,who found to their disappointment that itwas all false. SfeVRE Attgiist *]th,—A very honest man with avoittire was to come for us from Abbeville,and then we were to go home. We expectedhim on Thursday, but to our great joy hecame to-day, two days sooner than wasexpected. The whole house was in con-fusion ; I was so delighted that I hardly. GARDE ROYALE. INFANTERIE CHASSEUR, lEU REGIMENT To face p. 15? i82i] FAMOUS CHINA WORKS 159 knew what to do. We set off directly to seethe china manufactory at S6vre. The daywas very fine, and we had a most pleasantride. The rooms in which the china waswere up a long pair of stairs. In the firstroom there was nothing but plain whitechina : the plates are a franc apiece. Therewere beautiful large painted vases, some withlandscapes on them, some purple, and othersbrown. Very pretty white baskets of flowers ;three little children under lace veils made ofwhite biscuit china. Curious-shaped salt-cellars ; an inkstand the shape of a boat, etc.;several pictures, one of the King, the DuchessedAngouleme, Sappho, etc.; beautiful cupswith humming-birds painted on them ; a setof plates with flowers, jonquils, polyanthuses,etc., on them ; another set with roses, andanother with vegetables, with their namesmarked in gold ; Bacchus and Ceres in acar drawn by
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