At the back of the garden they saw the statue of Marshal Ney, on the very spot where he was shot.
Being on that side of the river, they visited the Church of the Hôtel des Invalides to see the tomb of Napoleon I. It was directly under the dome, and the softened lights all around made it very beautiful.
After being driven home and having lunch, they walked to the Madeleine, the most magnificent of modern churches.
Mrs. Winter said, "This is very beautiful, but I do like the solemnity of some of the older churches I have seen very much better."
Leaving there, they walked through some of those wide and interesting boulevards, watching the people and carriages and gazing into the fascinating shop-windows.
Mr. Ford said, "I thought I had seen in New York some florists' windows that could not be improved, but I find I was mistaken. Never have I seen such windows as these."
When too tired to walk any farther, carriages were called, and they were driven to the Cathedral of Notre Dame, built on an island in the Seine; from there to the Panthéon, which Alice said "looked like a barn, and was cold and inhospitable."
The most interesting thing about it was, that such celebrated men as Victor Hugo, Marat, Voltaire, Mirabeau, and Rousseau had been buried there. The Hôtel de Ville, recently restored, they passed on their way home.
The evening was given to the Hippodrome, which is quite the thing to do in Paris, and is wonderfully fine.
The drive there was like a picture of fairyland, with the bright lights and trees and glimpses of the river.