Made up my mind to ride in a chair which I did. The men stopped every few minutes so the distance I covered in two hours was not great. Went through the street of Tombs and also into the house of Diomedes which is a wonderful one and saw the reservoir.
The hour was up but I took then another hour and went into the new part and saw three houses. - Saw the pot over the fire and the five skeletons lying as they were found. Vesuvius is so far away that it seems as if it were impossible for it to have caused this disaster. Paid the men 1.80.
Then walked to the last house, ate my lunch at 2 P.M. Train left at 3:30 so walked to station. Train was late, did not get to Naples till 5 P.M. Then walked for an hour along the street to see the shops and people. Finally took No. 3 train and came home.
Found a letter from Florence Humphrey. She has moved again to Pension Le Lune. I lay down till dinner. A brother and sister from Canada are here. Four languages are heard at the table-French, English, German Italian. Very tired. Mrs. Dickens does not move till Saturday.
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