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May 31st 1890. Saturday.
When I started this morning I had no idea where I would go but we thought we might as well go and see the Chapel Expiatoire, as we were quite near it.
The Chapel is built where Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI were buried for 21 years, after this time they were taken to St. Denis.  The chapel it self is round and small with a statue on each side.  One of M. A. being sustained by an angle representing religion the other of Louis with an angle titling him [[strikethrough]] that he [[/strikethrough]] "Son of Saint Louis [[strikethrough]] will go to heaven [[/strikethrough]] ascend into heaven.  You go down a little turning staircase and come into a square room with stone walls; 
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(in which were buried the men who guarded the king and queen during their imprisonment) there is a sort of stone coffin where M. and L. were buried until they were removed to St. Denis.  
It suddenly came into the head of both Franklin and myself to take a cab by the hour and go to see some more churches.  This we did; and we were soon on our way to La Sainte Chapel.  
This is really without exageration, perfect; and considering it was built by Saint Louis in the 14th century, it seems more than perfect, for if they did such things then, what ^[[insertion]] is to [[/insertion]] be done now.  The walls are entirely made of window.  The stain glass in them, represents pictures
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