I suppose I'm the only one left." "I shouldn't have recognized you," laughed Joan.

"What was the occasion ?" "The great International Peace Congress at Paris," explained Mrs.Denton; "just after the Crimean war.

It made quite a stir at the time.

The Emperor opened our proceedings in person, and the Pope and the Archbishop of Canterbury both sent us their blessing.

We had a copy of the speeches presented to us on leaving, in every known language in Europe, bound in vellum.