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account & then caught the train at 11.15. Felt rather seedy from the night before. Managed to get a seat in an observation car as far as Marseilles, the others being booked up over 4 days before. It was a pretty trip along the sea coast most of the way, the car enabling me to see both sides. Had afternoon tea on the train & reached Marseilles at 6 P.M. where detrained, as I had decided to stay there a day. Booked a room at an hotel then had dinner in an adjoining restaurant after which I roamed round the town watching the people celebrating the victory. Processions were everywhere & represented Greeks & Italians as well as French and one great success was a French soldier who marched at the head of a large following, with a stuffed eagle which he occasionally punched & swore at, I saw him later when the poor eagle