[Aunt Jane’s Nieces Abroad by Edith Van Dyne]@TWC D-Link bookAunt Jane’s Nieces Abroad CHAPTER XXX 8/8
Go and find another of Mike Angelo's last work; every church has got one.
For my part, I've always been religiously inclined, but I've been to church enough lately to last me the rest of my natural life, and I've fully determined not to darken the doors of another cathedral again.
They're like circuses, anyhow; when you've seen one, you've seen 'em all." No argument would induce him to abandon this position; so the girls accepted his proposal and visited their beloved cathedrals in charge of a guide, whose well of information was practically inexhaustible if not remarkable for its clarity. The opera suited Uncle John better, and he freely revelled in the shops, purchasing the most useless and preposterous things in spite of that growing bugbear of the customs duties. But finally this joyous holiday came to an end, as all good things will, and they sailed from Cherbourg for New York. Uncle John had six extra trunks, Patsy carried a French poodle that was as much trouble as an infant in arms, and Louise engineered several hat-boxes that could not be packed at the last minute.
But the girls embarked gay and rosy-cheeked and animated, and in spite of all the excitement and pleasure that had attended their trip, not one of the party was really sorry when the return voyage began..
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