He pressed Edgeworth to pay him a visit at his Chateau in Dauphiny, and the latter adds: 'I promised to pass with him some of the Christmas holidays.

An English gentleman went with me.

We arrived in the evening at a very antique building, surrounded by a moat, and with gardens laid out in the style which was common in England in the beginning of the last century.

These were enclosed by high walls, intersected by canals, and cut into parterres by sandy walks.

We were ushered into a good drawing-room, the walls of which were furnished with ancient tapestry.