CHAP. VIII.
The entrance into Avignon.—The Place de la Comédie.—Warm baths.—Expense of the journey from Paris to Avignon.—A négociant serves for a banker.—The Duke of Gloucester passes through Avignon.—Imprisonment of the hostess.—M. Moulin.—Visit paid by the author to the Prefect.—Also to the Mayor; an old noble.—His confiscated house repurchased.—The author inspects various houses.—Conditions of tenure.—Description of the house which he takes.—He furnishes it.—Observations on French trades-people.
CHAP. IX.
Description of Avignon.—The city walls.—Closing of the gates.—Inconvenience of this custom.—Public walk near the Rhone.—Tolls of the bridge.—Building of the bridge over the Rhone.—St. Benezet.—Of miracles.—Inundations.—The Rock of Avignon.—Palace of the Popes.—Cathedral.—The Glacière Tower.—Horrid history relating to it.—Avignon participated in the calamities of the revolution.—Conduct of the vice-legate.—Department of Vaucluse, of what it consists.—View from the summit of the Rock.—Château and town of Villeneuve.—Impressions left by the proscriptions and confiscations.—Rue Calade.—Public Library.—Museum.—Infirmary.—Jesuits' College.—Stone of which the palace and the city walls were built.
CHAP. X.
English families.—The Pretender.—Further account of the Revolution.—The revolutionary tribunal.—Condemnation of a mother and son.—Present state of society at Avignon.—Fêtes and card parties.—The author's tea-parties and dinners.—Contrast betwixt French and English cookery.—Mode of invitation.—Balls.—Etiquette of the town.—Difficulty of acquiring a thorough knowledge of the French language.