Chapter 3

LOURDES.

The journey to Tarbes--The Buffet and the Nigger--Lourdes station in the wet--Importunate "Cochers"--Hôtel des Pyrénées--"Red tape" and Porters--Lourdes in sunshine--Sightseeing--The "Rue de la Grotte"-- "The Cry of the Lourdes Shopkeepers"--Candle-sellers--The Grotto--Abject reverence--The Church--Saint Bernard--Interior of church--The panorama--Admirable effect--Rue du Fort--The castle--The view from the Tower--Pie de Mars, or Ringed Ousels