He had on a grizzle wig with three ties, and over it a silk nightcap embroidered with gold and silver." SCENE I.THE ENTRANCE-HALL OF FERNEY (Friday, 26th April, 1776): EXUBERANT SHERLOCK ENTERING, LETTER OF INTRODUCTION HAVING PRECEDED.
"He met in the hall; his Nephew M.d'Hornoi" (Grand-nephew; Abbe Mignot, famous for BURYING Voltaire, and Madame Denis, whom we know, were D'Hornoi's Uncle and Aunt)--Grand-nephew, "Counsellor in the Parlement of Paris, held him by the arm.

He said to me, with a very weak voice: 'You see a very old man, who makes a great effort to have the honor of seeing you.

Will you take a walk in my Garden?
It will please you, for it is in the English taste:--it was I who introduced that taste into France, and it is become universal.

But the French parody your Gardens: they put your thirty acres into three.' "From his Gardens you see the Alps, the Lake, the City of Geneva and its environs, which are very pleasant.

He said:-- VOLTAIRE.