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1 February 1865 — Canford Manor, nr. Wimborne, Dorset | |
Wednesday. 1st February [1865]. Got up pretty early on account of our departure. I wrote letters all the morning & saw to my packing. After luncheon at one we started by the 1.36 train & arrived in town at abt 6 oclock. We went to Fenton Hotel & had dinner. Ivor brought Mr Clark to dinner wh was very amusing & jolly. At 8 we drove to the Charing X station where we took our seats for Dover. We ran in straight there only stopping at Staplehurst. We got to Dover at abt 11 and went on the packet directly & I went & laid down in the ladies cabin expecting every moment to be sick abt which I was agreeably disappointed. At Calais at 2 oclock we had some food & after an hour we got a carriage to our selves & started. At St Omer the conducteur came & told us to get into a coupé which we did & were very comfortable. We stopped at several places of wh I do not know the names as it was too dark to see. At Amiens we stopped 10 minutes so Ivor got me some café au lait wh greatly refreshed me and as the day dawned & we approached Paris I began to look abt. I was not transfixed with the beauty of the vicinities. But at leaving the station I perceived the many differences of costume etc. The women in white caps & no bonnets—others in red hoods & in other colours zouaves, priests, nuns etc. We went to the Hotel des Louvre and got rooms quite easily. I had some café au lait and went to bed just as the clock struck 9. | |
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