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beoetie tiresome, I should think. Cutting back t© the starting 
point about I e'oleok, I went into the Hadeline, and inadvertently 
attended somebody's wedding. The priest preaohed for nearly half an 
horn: at the pair, seated before Ms in the chancel. While the glori- 
ous organ pl-yed I noticed people getting out their parses, s® I did 
too. (Shore Wire plenty like not guest®, in the hack of the 
church. ) Along cam® a little flower girl attended by a hoy in Eton 
Jacket, taking up a collection in a tiny flower-triaaed "basket. I 
gave a frano. A minut© later oea© a bridesaaid {or a girl dressed 
like one) and an' escort, passing another "basket . 1 was so flabeerga; 
ed I couian't get my purs® out in tine . Then cam® a third pair. I 
thought if it was a hahit I might as well quit, anyway. But there 
were only the three pairs. People seemed to give a small coin to 
each— at least I saw coins with holes in, and these are centimes, 5 
ana 10. At the head of this procession of collectors aarched a san 
in red velvet and fold triastings, with a "big gold stick and a ifopole- M 
onic gold-trilled hat on his head! She girls and th®ir escorts loo3r« . 
as if they wore going through the figures ®f a fancy dance. I hop® 
I can see the Madeline when nothing is going on, when I oou® hack. 
The staginess ©f that performance aid not fit that beautiful place. 
lohody understands ay French. I say it so carefully, and 
am m®t with a "blank star®. 2 don't try it until Bnglish has failed. 
This afternoon, before train time, i saw an inviting little bakery 
with little tables ana son® short-skirted girls with 3-lobed heads 
so like Washington or Sew York I thought they Bust speak English. 
Ion© did, but one understood f 'eaf®." T *'Caf® au lait?" I said ? '0ui, 
cafe au lait y pain.' 1 She looked bewilderea. I tried pang, pan, * 
and every shade between, but she only stared, so 1 went over and 
pointed to soite rolls and held up two fingers. Thus I got say supp®r, 
(1 frano, 50 centi»es, less than 15 cents.) Mark Twain was right, 
