LETTERS
WRITTEN
DURING A RESIDENCE OF THREE MONTHS IN THE ENVIRONS OF GENEVA,
In the Summer of the Year 1816.
LETTER I.
Hôtel de Sécheron,[1] Geneva,
May 17, 1816.
We arrived at Paris on the 8th of this month, and were
detained two days for 8 May, 1816.the purpose of obtaining
the various signatures necessary to our passports, the French government having become much more
circumspect since the escape of Lavalette. We had no
letters of introduction, or any friend in that city, and
were therefore confined to our hotel, where we were
obliged to hire apartments for the week, although when
we first arrived we expected to be detained one night
only; for in Paris there are no houses where you can be
accommodated with apartments by the day.
- ↑ Secheron in Shelley's edition.
