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19 June 1912 — Chateau Le Muette, Paris | |
Wednesday. 19th [June 1912]. I stayed in the house all morning. Nela went shopping & returned for lunch. At 2.30 I went with my hosts to Versailles in their motor having taken leave of Nela who was to go off to England by the 4 o’cl train. Baker took her to the station & saw her off. She has to prepare to go into waiting on Princess Christian on 1st July– We reached Versailles in abt ½ hour & went to Hotel Reservoirs to find Lord Stanmore & his sister Nevil who are staying there for a short time—thence with them we went over the Palace of Versailles at least that party of it wh is the Royal apartments. The weather was stormy & hot in the Palace it was delightfully cool & curiously hot when one came out. We returned to the Hotel & had tea & were just getting into our motor to return to Paris when a tremendous thunderstorm broke & we had torrents of rain on our journey. In the evening Sophy & I went together to a great party at the German Embassy a very fine house & a large assembly. Met there old Count Greppi who is over 90 & who was also a colleague of us at Madrid. His hair is still elaborately curled & he is dressed in the last fashion & goes about like a young man. The Princess Eulalia of Spain was also there in splendid jewels & altogether smartly got up. I was much amused to observe the fashionable ladies—& their costumes—some with very tight dresses & small rolled trains so narrow as to prevent their moving more than 2 inches at a time. Some with their hair stuck tight to their heads & a great high feather sticking straight up from the forehead. Others had their heads made to look as tho’ they were hiding under a bush– There were those who great object seemed to be to appear to be naked to the waist– The upper part of the body being draped in tulle over pink & without sleeves– I think more & more the fashions more unbecoming & strange. | |
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