
The social spirit peculiar to the French nation had already introduced into the inns of that country the gay and cheerful character of welcome upon which Erasmus, at a later period, dwells with strong emphasis, as a contrast to the saturnine and sullen reception which strangers were apt to meet with at a German caravansera. Philipson was, therefore, in expectation of being received by the busy, civil, and talkative host-by the hostess and her daughter, all softness, coquetry, and glee-the 2 smiling and supple waiter-the officious and dimpled chambermaid. The better inns in France boast also separate rooms, where strangers could change or put in order their dress, where they might sleep without company in their bedroom, and where they could deposit their baggage in privacy and safety.
Page Count:
290
Publication Date:
2018-09-10
Publisher:
Independently Published
ISBN-10:
1720197628
ISBN-13:
9781720197621
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