DIY History | Transcribe | World War I Diaries and Letters | Conger Reynolds correspondence, March 1-17, 1918 | 1918-03-12 Conger Reynolds to Daphne Reynolds Page 4

Transcribe
Translate

Conger Reynolds correspondence, March 1-17, 1918

1918-03-12 Conger Reynolds to Daphne Reynolds Page 4

to us and joined us over the coffee to tell us some of this funny stories. 
This afternoon another officer and I drove out to negotiate the lease of a chateau that is to be used for the housing of distinguished visitors to this sector of the American front. It lies at the edge of a tiny village beside a winding blue stream with the brown hills lifting gradually on either side. A pleasant, quiet setting it is. We were received by a white-bearded-and-side-burned little gardner who conducted us through the chateau. It was a most enjoyable trip. First we saw the huge kitchen with a big range at one end, stone floor, and endless hooks and shelves for pots and pans, then a stately, solemn dinining room; then a great drawing room with a big fireplace at one end and walls done in exquisite panels and tapestries; then a lot of bedrooms.

Saving...

to us and joined us over the coffee to tell us some of this funny stories. This afternoon another officer and I drove out to negotiate the lease of a chateau that is to be used for the housing of distinguished visitors to this sector of the American front. It lies at the edge of a tiny village beside a winding blue stream with the brown hills lifting gradually on either side. A pleasant, quiet setting it is. We were received by a white-bearded-and-side-burned little gardner who conducted us through the chateau. It was a most enjoyable trip. First we saw the huge kitchen with a big range at one end, stone floor, and endless hooks and shelves for pots and pans, then a stately, solemn dinining room; then a great drawing room with a big fireplace at one end and walls done in exquisite panels and tapestries; then a lot of bedrooms.