6/30 We have no longer king nor queen. We didn't cut off that poor creature's head whom they called Marie Antoinette to install Her Majesty, Etiquette, in her stead." "I should like to go," said Sir John. My sister was sixteen when I left; she must be eighteen now. Then there is my brother Edouard, a delightful youngster of twelve, who will let off fireworks between your legs and chatter a gibberish of English with you. At the end of the fortnight we will go to Paris together." "I have just come from Paris," said the Englishman. |