I wish I could remain longer." "I am not sure that you would gain more from a long visit than from a short one.

Some places are like some women, charming, _en passant_, but intolerable upon close acquaintance.

It is just so with Rouen.

The place contains no fine galleries, and no places of public entertainment; and though exquisitely picturesque, is nothing more.

One cannot always be looking at old houses, and admiring old churches.