The journey did not overtire me, and change of air had its usual reviving effect.

Also, Robert keeps boasting of his influx of energies, and his appetite is renewed.

We have resolved nothing about our sea plans, but have long lists of places, and find it difficult to choose among so many enchanting paradises, with drawbacks of 'dearness,' &c.

&c.

Meanwhile we are settled comfortably in an hotel close to the Tuileries, in a pretty salon and pleasant bedrooms, for which we don't pay exorbitantly, taken for a week, and we shall probably outstay the week.