_31st_.--Madrid. Gallery. Bull-fight for the benefit of 'El Tato.' [We had seen him at Valencia, nine years ago, in the pride and bloom of his career--a career cut short not so much by the fury of the bull as by the ignorance of the surgeon. Presently the chief door of the arena was unbarred, and an open carriage, with three men in the dress of matadors and 'El Tato' in the 'plain clothes' of a peasant drove round. Great was the sensation. The men shouted, the women wept, the old lady at my elbow shed floods of tears; cigars and hats were flung to him; he bowed, kissed his hand, wiped his eyes. Then the regular work of the day commenced.] Very cold. _November 2nd_.--Left Madrid for Avila, passing the Escorial. _3rd_.--Avila and then on to Burgos. _4th_.--Burgos. Cathedral. Monuments. _5th_.--Reached Biarritz at 10 P.M., and so to Paris. _8th_.--Paris. Saw Descles in 'Frou-frou.' Great actress. Home on the 9th. A well-spent month. _From the Comte de Paris_ York House, le 11 novembre. Mon cher Monsieur Reeve,--Mon oncle Aumale et moi nous vous remercions des paquets que vous nous avez envoyes ce matin; mon oncle me charge de vous dire qu'il n'a pu vous ecrire aujourd'hui, etant fort occupe des soins a donner a la Duchesse d'Aumale, qui est toujours dans un etat assez grave, mais que vous lui ferez grand plaisir si vous voulez venir passer au Woodnorton la semaine du 22 au 29 novembre; il y aura quelques chasses a tir. Je viens de mon cote vous demander de nous faire le plaisir de venir, avec Madame et Mademoiselle Reeve, dejeuner ici dimanche prochain a midi et demie; c'est le seul jour ou je puisse vous voir, car je pars lundi matin pour le Worcestershire. Veuillez me croire votre bien affectionne, LOUIS-PHILIPPE D'ORLEANS. As to which the Journal has:-- _November 14th_.--Breakfasted at York House. The Duc d'Aumale came, but the Duchesse was ill, and on December 6th she died. The Comte de Paris telegraphed the news to Reeve the same evening, and wrote the next day asking him to charge himself with sending a little notice of it to the principal newspapers--a thing Reeve readily undertook to do. Before receiving the request, he had already written expressing his wish to attend the funeral, and the Comte de Paris acknowledged both letters at the same time. _From the Comte de Paris_ York House, le 7 decembre. Mon cher Monsieur Reeve,--Je m'empresse de vous remercier de vos deux lettres et de la maniere dont vous avez repondu a ma demande.