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galleries at the Exhibition. We only saw the English collection and thought it a pretty fair one. I thought a painting of three sisters by Sargent lovely. The tones of their white satin gowns are so beautiful and mellow. The sweet portrait of Lady Hamilton by Romney was there, beside other fine works of his.

We stayed out to the Exhibition for lunch, so as to be there early to get seats for the games and especially for the finish of the Marathone race.

The race was a dreadful sight and I never wish to see another. As long as I live I will remember how awful the fagged out men looked and particularly Dorando the little Italian who came into the Arena first.

That night we went to Gianellie for dinner and were asked eager questions, by our waiter about the race and his countryman. Although it was late when we finish dinnered [[finished dinner]], we tried to get seats for the Mikado at the Savoy theatre and found none left. So then we went to the Pavilion. On a bus on the way home we heard that