. Little journeys abroad . LITTLE JOURNEYS ABROAD to the pagoda, where the sign assuredus that we could eat gouffres au lait,and drink syrups of every color andflavor. The proprietor was a large, dig-nified man with a benign expression, andhe too smiled on us in a fatherly waywhen, at my companions adjuration to talk French at him, I did talk Frenchat him in a way that surprised him, I amsure. Yet he understood, however erraticmy grammar may have been, and openedthe door in the flooring, and, descendingto his cave, produced his choicest groseille,and fell to work making what we consid-ered cri
. Little journeys abroad . LITTLE JOURNEYS ABROAD to the pagoda, where the sign assuredus that we could eat gouffres au lait,and drink syrups of every color andflavor. The proprietor was a large, dig-nified man with a benign expression, andhe too smiled on us in a fatherly waywhen, at my companions adjuration to talk French at him, I did talk Frenchat him in a way that surprised him, I amsure. Yet he understood, however erraticmy grammar may have been, and openedthe door in the flooring, and, descendingto his cave, produced his choicest groseille,and fell to work making what we consid-ered crisp, brown, delicious gouffres aulait, which, powdered with white sugar,we consumed in a manner that completelysatisfied him as to our appreciation. Howimmaculate were his cap and apron, andhow spotlessly clean every inch of hisdomain ! We, at least, were so pleasedwith our repast that we induced an Eng- 1 m I IIII i: TTill m \\m)l ■:: -^ ;^l rll i; H i|1P ill II .V-;ii! Iml ; -+*, r# 1 iihf ill w I < 1- <-- i yah,. TOWER OF ST. JACQUES. PARISIAN PASTIMES. 45 lish gentleman at the pension to meetus on the Champs Elysees another after-noon for a second waffling party; butwhether he objected to the powderedsugar that was brushed perforce over hisface, or whether the English masculinethirst craves something stronger thangroseille, we became painfully aware thathe did not share our enthusiasm as tothe superlative delicacy of the gouffresau lait. We had spent several afternoons inthe mediaeval rooms of the Musee deCluny, and becoming enthusiastic overthe things of the Middle Ages, voted fora visit to the Sainte-Chapelle. A longjourney it was from the Avenue Troca-clero, and necessitated changes in theomnibuses; and the little gem of Gothicarchitecture was almost hidden by thesurrounding buildings when we reachedit, so that we did not realize the beauties 46 LITTLE JOURNEYS ABROAD. of the palace-chapel of Louis the Good,the Crusader King of France, until we
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