He ought to be at St.
Albans.

We will look up the trains when we get back to the hotel." Horace was not quite certain whether this was serious or not.

"Why St.
Albans ?" he asked.
"Because that is where your friend Bacon lived," said Mrs.Avory.
The next place to visit was the Memorial, which is a very ugly building by the river, where the Festival is held every spring.

This is not very interesting to children, being given up to books and pictures connected with the stage; but close by are the steps leading to the boats, each of which has a Shakespearian name, and Mrs.Avory allowed them to row about for an hour before lunch.

This they did, Robert and Mary and Horace and Hester in the _Hermione_, and Janet and Gregory and Jack in the _Rosalind._ After lunch, while they were waiting about in the hall looking at the pictures, and not quite sure what to do, Mr.Imber of Philadelphia approached them.