Beauvais was a wonderful place, and I left it with great regret for Gisors which was disappointing, (a large castle, but all the towers locked up), from Gisors we came to Petit Andelys.

Dear Mother,

Evreux

Sunday 11 August 1907

The Seine runs near the back door. And the bathing is excellent, from a little wooded island in the centre of the river. There are plenty of hills within sight, and many interesting places. Also the scenery all along the river is exceedingly fine. Long strings of barges pulled by a steam-tug pass the hotel occasionally, and the whole place is overshadowed by the hills with the ruins of the Chateau.

Father is out, and so I am at last writing to you. I would have written before, but was so busy taking photos, etc. at Chateau Gaillard.

The Chateau Gaillard was so magnificent, and the post cards so abominable, that I stopped there an extra day. And I did nothing but photograph, from 6. a. m. to 7. p. m. I took ten altogether. And if all are successful, I will have a wonderful series. I will certainly have to start a book. Some of them were very difficult to take, and the whole day was very hard. I think Pt. Andelys would be a good place to stop at. The hotel is cheap, and very pleasant.

Richard I must have been a far greater man than we usually consider him. He must have been a great strategist and a great engineer, as well as a great man-at-arms.

I have talked so much about this to you that you must know it all by heart, so I had better content myself with saying that its plan is marvelous, the execution wonderful, and the situation perfect. The whole construction bears the unmistakable stamp of genius.