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"Those men are all college professors," I said. "They know Europe well and they are interested in culture and art. You wouldn't know what to talk to them about, since you are so completely interested in art."

Needless to say, that did the. Thereafter, the girls were eager to learn everything they could. And whereas they had said that they did not propose to "waste any time" on the galleries in Paris -- which would have created a problem for me since I could not have left them to their own devices -- they became more than glad to trot along when I went. 

Of the food on the ship, I will say only that it sustained life until the ship docked at Boulongne [[Boulogne]] . 

Then Paris. I have gone to Paris countless times since but of course the first sight of the City of Light was the most enthralling. I had read reams about it, mainly of course in art histories, so I was quite familiar with the treasures in the galleries and museums. But I was wholly