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a sentence after hearing it. I had always imagined him with a note-book.
In Paris Colonel Higginson said the best thing he did was to go to the top of the
Eiffel Tower.
The little
pension which sheltered us was
Victor Hugo's old house, and the salon, which opened into a very pleasant garden, was his study.
In September the record says:—
We had a delightful run through Switzerland. .. The Protestant service in the cathedral [at Basle] seemed to me a glimpse of Puritanism of 200 years ago, even to the gown and band of the preacher and the tythingmen who stood up to keep the boys in order.
In the journey of 1901, we sailed direct for
Italy, and from Castellamare
Colonel Higginson wrote:—
Our visits to Madeira, Gibraltar, Tangier and Granada were perfectly successful and each of them worth crossing the ocean for.
At
Granada
we lived close to the Alhambra and found it more beautiful even than we had imagined, especially the ceilings of the rooms which were carved and colored like a celestial bee hive. . ..
We are spending a week at this beautiful place.
Vesuvius is only a few miles away; between us and it stretches a beach of exquisite curve, with a slight line of surf.
Behind it lies a level plain and a long row of grayish houses, and this is Pompeii.
Think of seeing Pompeii at last!
