In Château Land

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Wharton Anne Hollingsworth. In Château Land

I. AN EMBARRASSMENT OF CHÂTEAUX

II. AN ISLAND CHÂTEAU

III. AN AFTERNOON AT COPPET

IV. EN ROUTE FOR TOURAINE

V. IN AND AROUND TOURS

VI. LANGEAIS AND AZAY-LE-RIDEAU

VII. TWO QUEENS AT AMBOISE

VIII. A BATTLE ROYAL OF DAMES

IX. A FAIR PRISON

X. COMPENSATIONS

XI. THE ROMANCE OF BLOIS

XII. THREE CHÂTEAUX

XIII. CHINON AND FONTEVRAULT

XIV. ANGERS

XV. ORLEANS AND ITS MAID

XVI. A CHÂTEAU FÊTE

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You will be surprised, dear Margaret, to have a letter from me here instead of from Touraine. We fully intended to go directly from the Dolomites and Venice to Milan and on to Tours, stopping a day or two in Paris en route, but Miss Cassandra begged for a few days on Lake Como, as in all her travels by sea and shore she has never seen the Italian lakes. We changed our itinerary simply to be obliging, but Walter and I have had no reason to regret the change for one minute.

This morning when we were resting in a hillside pavilion, near the Villa Giulia, gazing upon the sapphire lake and the line of purple Alps beyond, we concluded that nothing was needed to complete the beauty of the scene but a snow mountain in the distance, when lo! as if in obedience to our call, a cloud that shrouded some far-off peaks slowly lifted, revealing to us the shining crest of Monte Rosa. It really seemed as if Monte Rosa had amiably thrown up that dazzling white shoulder for our especial delectation. This evening at sunset it will be touched with delicate pink.

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"Mexican, Mexican! Pourquoi avez-vous tué l'Empereur Maximilian?"

Not comprehending this sudden arraignment, although she felt the heavy hand upon her shoulder, heard the angry voice at her side, and saw the unfriendly faces that surrounded her, our dear Miss Cassandra, by way of making matters worse, repeated the only word that she had caught:

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