RRATIVE, 202

XI.--CONCLUSION, 222

ENGRAVINGS.

FRONTISPIECE. PAGE

THE DINNER AT NEW HAVEN, 32

ENTERING DIEPPE, 49

THE ARRIVAL, 77

THE OBELISK, 105

THE HIPPODROME, 140

THE RESTAURANT, 179

SINGING IN THE OPEN AIR, 197

PERFORMANCE ON THE BOULEVARDS, 219

ROLLO IN PARIS.

CHAPTER I.

THE ARRANGEMENTS.

Gentlemen and ladies at the hotels, in London, generally dine about six
or seven o'clock, each party or family by themselves, in their own
private parlor. One evening, about eight o'clock, just after the waiter
had removed the cloth from the table where Rollo's father and mother,
with Rollo himself and his cousin Jennie, had been dining, and left the
table clear, Mr. Holiday rose, and walked slowly and feebly--for he was
quite out of health, though much better than he had been--towards a
secretary which stood at the side of the room.

"Now," said he, "we will get out the map and the railway guide, and see
about the ways of getting to France."

Rollo and Jennie were at this time at the window, looking at the
vehicles which were passing by along the Strand. The Strand is a street
of London, and one of the most lively and crowded of them all. As soon
as Rollo heard his father say that he was going to get the map and the
railway guide, he said to Jane,--

"Let's go and see."

So they both went to the table, and there, kneeling up upon two
cushioned chairs which they brought forward for the purpose, they leaned
over upon the table where their father was spreading out the map, and
thus established themselves very comfortably as spectators of the
proceedings.

"Children," said Mr. Holiday, "do you come here to listen, or to talk?"

"To listen," said Rollo.

"O, very well," said Mr. Holiday; "then I am glad that you have come."

In obedience to this intimation, Rollo and Jane took care not to
interrupt Mr. Holiday even to ask a question, bu