As
Natalie stood once again upon terra firma, she could hardly credit that
over three thousand miles of ocean separated her from her home,--that
the same waves which washed the shores of her cherished island, broke
upon the shores of this Eastern world.
Mr. Alboni was in the happiest frame of mind as they made the tour of
England and Scotland, for from thence they would repair to his own loved
Italy. Over the mind of the tourist, visiting the Old World for the
first time,--countries where have transpired thrilling events recorded
in history, what an immensity of thought and feeling sweeps! It was thus
with Natalie; she could not realize that she was treading in the
footsteps of royalty, who living in long past days, had held sway over
this land, had looked upon this land of "merrie England" as their home.
London, like a mighty Babel, rose before them, her gigantic towers
telling of man's greatness, while the resplendent shining of the sun,
reflected from a million turrets, proclaimed that there was one above
all. St. Paul's, with its dome of grandeur, reflecting not only honor
upon her world-renowned architect, Sir Christopher Wren, but standing a
living memento that Christ hath built his church upon earth.
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