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episcopal church, now going rapidly to pieces.  We 
spent quite a time watching a pretty cardinal.  Arrived
at M. we proceeded at once to Mr. O's fine country
house.  The place is kept by a Mrs. Rossman.  We wished
very much to get a boat, to go down the branch to an 
island.  Mrs. R., however, told us we could not get
either boat, because they were locked and she didn't
know where the keys were.  We found that Mrs. R. was
very dissatisfied with the place - everything in Germany 
was better than here - the sausage was better, flowers
prettier, smell better, the weather was nicer, etc. etc.,
even the water on the place wasn't so good; it looked
clear but in the course of half a day it smelled bad.
Mr. W. who was spokesman, of course thought, too,
that everything was better in G. than here.  At last, we
said, <s>well</s> we would go.  Mrs. R. now seemed quite
well pleased with us and thought she would see if
the key was over in the other house.  Sure enough it
was there.  She gave us the key, oars and oar locks
and away we went.  We first rowed to the island
        