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Title: Chateau and Country Life in France

Author: Mary King Waddington

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CHATEAU AND COUNTRY LIFE IN FRANCE

by

MARY KING WADDINGTON

Author of _Letters Of A Diplomat's Wife_ and _Italian Letters of
a Diplomat's Wife_

Illustrated

1909

[Illustration: A country wedding]

CONTENTS

I. CHATEAU LIFE
II. COUNTRY VISITS
III. THE HOME OF LAFAYETTE
IV. WINTER AT THE CHATEAU
V. CEREMONIES AND FESTIVALS
VI. CHRISTMAS IN THE VALOIS
VII. A RACINE CELEBRATION
VIII. A CORNER OF NORMANDY
IX. A NORMAN TOWN
X. NORMAN CHATEAUX
XI. BOULOGNE-SUR-MER

ILLUSTRATIONS

A COUNTRY WEDDING
A FINE OLD CHATEAU
I LOVED TO HEAR HER PLAY BEETHOVEN AND HANDEL
THERE WERE ALL SORTS AND KINDS
FERDINAND
"MERCI, JE VAIS BIEN"
LONG PAUSES WHEN NOBODY SEEMED TO HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY
THEN HE LIGHTED A FIRE
I SUGGESTED THAT THE WHOLE CHASSE SHOULD ADJOURN TO THE CHATEAU
SOME RED-COATED, SOME GREEN, ALL WITH BREECHES AND HIGH MUDDY BOOTS
PEASANT WOMEN
A VISIT AT THE CHATEAU
SOLDIERS AT THE CHATEAU
THE MAYOR AND A NICE, RED-CHEEKED, WRINKLED OLD WOMAN WERE WAITING FOR US
THERE WAS ONE HANDSOME BIT OF OLD LACE ON A WHITE NAPPE FOR THE ALTAR
THEY WERE ALL STREAMING UP THE SLIPPERY HILL-SIDE
ALL THE CHILDREN IN PROCESSION PASSED
THERE WAS ONE POOR OLD WOMAN STILL GAZING SPELL-BOUND
L'ETABLISSEMENT, BAGNOLES DE L'ORNE
IN DOMFRONT SOME OF THE OLD TOWERS ARE CONVERTED INTO MODERN DWELLINGS
CHATEAU DE LASSAY
ENTRANCE TO HOTEL OF THE COMTE DE FLORIAN
MARKET WOMEN, VALOGNES
OLD GATE-WAY, VALOGNES

[Illustration: A fine old chateau.]

I

CHATEAU LIFE

My first experience of country life