On looking around, I saw that only the 'pit' wore bonnets.
"September 6.

We left London yesterday for Aylesbury.

It is two hours by railroad.

Like all railroads in England, it runs seemingly through a garden.

In many cases flowers are cultivated by the roadside.
"From Aylesbury to Stone, the residence of Admiral Smyth, it is two miles of stage-coach riding.