Primary tabs
Transcription
[Page 134]
123
Gothic chapel constructed by St Louis is beautiful. But the grand attraction is the Terrace 1 ½ miles long erected by [indecipherable] at God knows what cost. But the view of the valley of love is magnificent If weather is clear Montmarte & Eifel Tower are visible.
Behind terrace is a delightfully laid out garden of the English type & then a hunting area surrounded by a vast wall through which however we find a breach. We continue along the terrace to the end & thence to Chateau du Val where the grounds are admirably laid out.
I regret that I did not ask permission to enter & make a copy for my future castle. We then entered the Forest 11,000 acres of waste land. The timber is worth nothing but could be easily afforested but here no one cares & all [indecipherable] at Paris.
We had a little sandwich of cheese which Brise had carried in her parosol till now & after a little rest & having gathered some ferns & flowers we wandered on. Brise is very fond of flowers & will often buy them for the house. She collected so much that in my eyes were useless that I asked why she wasted her energy carrying useless flowers homes.
Half an hour after all her flowers had disappeared & I thought she had dropped but no she had thrown them away because she