This morning I have been unpacking--or rather Madame Hubert has--and settling myself in my salon, making the two corners--feminine and masculine--as I did in Rome. I have no convenient Palazzo Altemps to help me out with cushions, screens, etc., but I found lovely flowers which the landlord (who received us in dress clothes and his hat in his hand) put there, and as he was very civil and pleased to have the "Excellenza" and hoped I would ask for anything I wanted, I have asked for and obtained an arm-chair, and suggested he should give me a simple table-cover instead of the beautiful green velvet one, embroidered with pink roses, which now ornaments my salon. With my careless way of writing and facility for putting ink all over myself, even in my hair, I am afraid that work of art would be seriously deteriorated. He sent up this morning to know if I wanted my breakfast upstairs--if I would come down he would reserve me a small table in the window. I shall go down--I hate meals in a sitting-room and I should like to see what sort of people there are in the hotel. 10 o'clock. I will go on to-night while W. is putting his papers in order. I breakfasted alone downstairs about 12. The dining-room is a large, handsome room across the court. There were very few people--not more than four tables occupied--a large English family with troops of fair-haired children--girls in white frocks and long black stockings and boys in Eton coats. They all looked about the same age, but I suppose they weren't. They were very quiet and well-behaved, quite unlike any of our small relations. I have vivid recollections of travelling with some of them--all talking at once at the top of their lungs, "Pa, give me a penny," "Pa, give me a cake," "Pa, what's that for?" etc. The reading-room opened out of the dining-room, so I went in to have a look at the papers--found a "Débats" and the "Times," and read up all that was going on in the fashionable and political world. W. came in about 4--he had ordered a carriage for 4.30, and as it was a lovely afternoon we thought we would drive about the streets a little and out into the country. He had had a delightful morning--says the Museum is most interesting--the cabinet de médailles a marvel. He has arranged to go there every day at 10 o'clock--will work there until 3, then come back for me and we shall have our afternoon. He is much pleased with this arrangement but he doesn't think the employees of the cabinet de médailles will find it quite so satisfactory, as some one must always be with him. They never leave any one alone in these rooms. He thinks there are only two people for this service, and they will naturally hate spending a long day doing nothing while he studies and copies. The Directeur received him to-day most enthusiastically--knew all about his collection of coins.