186 LETTER-FILES OF S. W. JOHNSON 



cab on the way to Charing Cross Station. . . . Two nights 

 I have slept in a 5 franc room, on the "1st floor" (2d story) 

 in a pleasant but cold and noisy corner room. Today I have 

 ascended ' ' au troisieme "... Guzman is near at hand on the 

 same floor. I have thus far adopted the habits of the coun- 

 try begun the day at 9 o'clock with cafe au lait and a 

 petit pain this morning I ordered trois petits pains. At 

 12 Guzman and I meet Uricoechea at the Hotel de la Con- 

 corde, 26 Boulevard Malsherbes, which is close by. Break- 

 fast there is eggs or cotelettes de mouton, b 'f steak, cold meats, 

 etc., with excellent claret. At 6 P.M. we dine at the same 

 place, a regular 5 courses, and excellent cooking and service. 

 English and German spoken there by the waiters, as well as 

 here where I lodge. The first day of our arrival we dined 

 here and it was very good, but not so "fine" nor so good 

 company as at the Concorde. Uricoechea looks very well, not 

 quite so well as eight years ago (almost) when at New 

 Haven he shows a little gray hair on the temples but still 

 quite well. . . . When we arrived here Wednesday evening 

 (Mercredi, I must make a "Section" now and then) we en- 

 tered the salle-a-manger where the dinner was in progress, 

 and immediately the landlady bounced upon Guzman, seized 

 his hands, then patted his face, then kissed him a compli- 

 ment he returned very beautifully both talking and laughing 

 with genuine joy all the time. 



Guzman was very enthusiastically received also by Mr. 

 Pacheco, a Peruvian gentleman, and in a less pathetic manner 

 by an English lady staying here. Shortly Uricoechea arrived 

 and then we both embraced, etc., very glad you may be sure 

 at this meeting which a little while ago was not in our pro- 

 gramme. After dinner we adjourned to Mr. Pacheco 's room, 

 on our floor and spent the evening until 11 o'clock. Mr. P. 

 speaks English, having learned it in the U. S. three yrs ago 

 where he traveled considerably. Mr. P. invited us to visit 

 him again last evening and "assist" in a Chinese lesson he 

 was to take from a Chinaman educated in French, Latin, etc. 



