CHESTER, _August_ 8
The Grosvenor.
Jack and I are going over this same ground next summer, on our wedding
trip. We shall sail for home next week, and we haven't half done justice
to the cathedrals. After the first two, we saw nothing but each other on
a general background of architecture. I hope my mind is improved, but
oh, I am so hazy about all the facts I have read since I knew Jack!
Winchester and Salisbury stand out superbly in my memory. They acquired
their ground before it was occupied with other matters. I shall never
forget, for instance, that Winchester has the longest spire and Salisbury
the highest nave of all the English cathedrals. And I shall never forget
so long as I live that Jane Austen and Isaac Newt--Oh dear! was it Isaac
Newton or Izaak Walton that was buried in Winchester and Salisbury? To
think that that interesting fact should have slipped from my mind, after
all the trouble I took with it! But I know that it was Isaac somebody,
and that he was buried in--well, he was buried in one of those two
places. I am not certain which, but I can ask Jack; he is sure to know.