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great deal. The hotel we had been recom-
mended to was a very comfortable one, though

not one of the most fashionable; and the land-

lord was very civil, as some friend who had

stayed with him the year before had written
about our coming. He showed us our rooms.
himself, and hoped we should like them; and
then he turned back to say he trusted we
should not be disturbed by the voices of some
children in the next “salon.” He would not
have risked it, he said, had he been able to
help it; but there were no other rooms vacant,
and the family with the children were leaving
the next day. Not that they were noisy chil-
dren by any means: they were very chers petits ;
but there were ladies to whom the very name
of children in their vicinity was—here the
landlord held up his hands and madea grimace !

“Then they must be old maids!” I said,
laughing, “which mamma and I are not. We
love children ;’’ at which Mr. Landlord bowed
and smiled, and said something complimentary

about mademoiselle being so “ aimable.”