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white starched head-dress, and a white apron over a long full dress made of some heavy cream-colored goods. She invited the visitors in to see the house, where four Sisters take care of six feeble-minded girls of wealthy families. First, with great pride, came the hall closet with a real telephone on the shelf. Next, the Sisters' rooms, each with two white beds, a chair, a washstand, a large crucifix lying on the bed; there were big pots of flowers on the sills outside the windows. The girls' rooms had dark beds, many small figures on the tables, a shelf of objects in each room and there was a large rag doll. The visitors were then taken to the long salon with tables, chairs and vases of flowers; opening into the salon was an archway chapel and a small room furnished with a shrine and benches. "Little girl" took off the jacket of her dress, folded it over her head like a hood, and knelt at the shrine.

The garden was in two sections, separated by a small interior wall. Near the house was the flower garden, with many beautiful flowers. Some of these were picked and bestowed in rounds of three - forget-me-not, carnations, poppies, verbena, red verbena and myrtle (with berries like small pale cherries). The vegetable garden was large and contained several small fig trees, some medium-sized peach trees with clusters of small green peaches, "la primera cosecha!" There were also many plum trees, some small apple trees and a tiny pear tree with one blossom.

From the General's house, they went on to the village of Chía, past the church and the central market square where pottery is sold on Sundays and Thursdays. As they came to the railroad crossing the gates were down and a train was stopping, with third class and first class coaches; women and boys were waiting to run along under the windows with round baskets of fruit and bizcochería. They bought tiny paper bags of mogollitos (small crisp short cracker-rolls) and obleas (thin, white, and soft, with slightly sweetened flavor in middle).

On the return trip they were stopped at the Bogotá retén, while Luis, the chauffeur, climbed to the high lighted porch of the station, talked long, went in, stayed long, came out and down to the car with two officers who inspected papers and then offered for protection an eight-day permit for the car; there must be no more delay in getting Bogotá plates!

Meanwhile, I had gone from the Institute with Murillo to a meeting of the Academia Colombiana where I heard myself elected to Corresponding Membership. The meeting was longer than I had anticipated and at 7.50 I was excused to go to dinner in Teusaquillo at 7.30. Murillo