236 AN OCTOBER ABROAD. 



corner listening, apparently with indifference or cu- 

 riosity, to an ignorant, hot-headed street preacher. 

 " Now I am going to tell you something you will not 

 like to hear something that will make you angry. 

 I know it will. It is this : I expect to go to heaven, 

 I am perfectly confident I shall go there. I know 

 you do not like that." But why his hearers should 

 not like that did not appear. For my part I thought, 

 for the good of all concerned, the sooner he went the 

 better. 



In the morning I mounted the wall in front of the 

 cathedral, and with a very lively feeling of wonder and 

 astonishment walked completely around the town on 

 top of it, a distance of about two miles. The wall, be- 

 ing in places as high as the houses, afforded some in- 

 teresting views into attics, chambers, back yards, etc. 

 I envied the citizens such a delightful promenade 

 ground, full of variety and interest. Just the right 

 distance, too, for a brisk turn to get up an appetite^ 

 or a leisurely stroll to tone down a dinner ; while as 

 a place for chance meetings of happy lovers, or to get 

 away from one's companions if the flame must burn 

 in secret and in silence, it is unsurpassed. I occa- 

 sionally met or passed other pedestrians, but noticed 

 that it required a brisk pace to lessen the distance 

 between myself and an attractive girlish figure a few 

 jundred feet in advance of me. The railroad cuts 

 across one corner of the town, piercing the walls with 

 two very carefully constructed archways. Indeed, 

 the people are very choice of the wall, and one sees 



