CAFE RABELAIS OPPOSITE CHATEAU OF LANGEAIS 108 CHATEAU OF AZAY-LE-RIDEAU, EAST FACADE 112 CHATEAU OF LANGEAIS, FROM THE LOIRE 120 CHATEAU OF AMBOISE, FROM OPPOSITE BANK OF THE LOIRE 130 CHENONCEAUX, MARQUES TOWER AND GALLERY ACROSS THE CHER 154 HOUSE OF TRISTAN L'HERMITE 178 AGNES SOREL 188 ENTRANCE TO CHATEAU OF BLOIS, WITH STATUE OF LOUIS XII 214 COURT OF BLOIS, WITH STAIRCASE OF FRANCIS I 228 LOUISE DE LA VALLIERE 238 CHATEAU OF CHAUMONT, THE LOIRE ON THE LEFT 264 SMITHY NEAR GATE OF CHEVERNY 278 FROM PHOTOGRAPH BY MRS OTIS SKINNER ANNE DE THOU, DAME DE CHEVERNY 282 CHATEAU OF CHAMBORD 286 RUINS OF CHATEAU OF COUDRAY AT CHINON 296 FRENCH CAVE DWELLINGS NEAR SAUMUR 316 FORGE NEAR STONE STAIRWAY AT LUYNES 354 FROM PHOTOGRAPH BY MRS OTIS SKINNER HOTEL CABU 364 HOUSE OF JOAN OF ARC 364 SALLE DES MARRIAGES, ORLEANS 366 IN CHATEAU LAND I AN EMBARRASSMENT OF CHATEAUX HOTEL FLORENCE, BELLAGIO, August 10th. YOU will be surprised, dear Margaret, to have a letter from me here instead of from Touraine. We fully intended to go directly from the Dolomites and Venice to Milan and on to Tours, stopping a day or two in Paris en route, but Miss Cassandra begged for a few days on Lake Como, as in all her travels by sea and shore she has never seen the Italian lakes. We changed our itinerary simply to be obliging, but Walter and I have had no reason to regret the change for one minute.