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The party was marshalled up on the peristyle, where they received, / collectively, instructions in a loud voice to leave their sticks and / umbrellas before entering the Chateau.
Patty and Elise agreed that the beauty and dignity of the situation was / somewhat impaired by the personally conducted effect, but they thought / that was compensated for by the funny side of it all. The tourists / followed the conductor like a flock of sheep, one or another / occasionally straying away for a time, and nearly all of them making / notes in little note-books. Indeed, some of them were so intent on / their notes that they merely gave glances at the beautiful things / exhibited, and spent most of their time scribbling in their books and / referring to their Baedekers.