CHAPTER XI.
NUREMBERG.—Continued.
The following morning Mr. Winter left the ladies, who walked aimlessly, not caring much where they went, it was all so full of interest to them.
Accidentally they visited quite an interesting place called the Preller House. It was built three hundred years ago by a Venetian nobleman, and is now used as a furniture warehouse. There is a chapel in it, and some of the old furniture still remains.
The ceilings are very fine, and in two of the rooms were only discovered when the present occupants were having gas-pipes put in the house.
Mr. Winter did not come home to dinner, and in the afternoon Mrs. Winter and the girls went to the Museum, where they found more to interest them than anywhere they had been. It had a very large and interesting collection of paintings and antiquities, but the girls enjoyed seeing the old cloister—the first they had ever seen.
That evening when Mr. Winter came home, he told his wife that he should only be obliged to remain one more day, and they must entertain themselves again without him.
The next morning Mrs. Winter took a guide with them, as she wished to visit some of the shops where they could collect some curiosities.
They also went to the Market square, where the poor people can buy everything they need at very reasonable prices.
Mrs. Winter then said, "Now, girls, we will visit those churches of which we have only seen the outside."
The guide took them first to St. Lawrence's Church.