_June 23rd._--This day is the fête of St. Jean. We were told that in
the evening there was to be a tree burnt down opposite the palace.
Accordingly Miss Wragge, brothers, and some of the servants, went to
see the ceremony. A tree was fixed up round which were tied bundles of
straw and faggots, and a guard stood round it. The son of the governor
of the château came out in great style, attended by several servants,
with a torch in his hand; he set fire to the tree, and the people tried
to pull away the faggots as they were burning. The whole party gave me
a very poor account of it. The servants said they could not think what
made the people make such a fuss about seeing a bit of a tree burnt
down.