The palaces and gardens on the riverbank glided by as smoothly as in a dream, and with every passing minute new beauties of scenery and architecture were displayed to our eager cyes.In the distance the shapes of the pyramids were etched against the sky; the air was so clear that they seemed like miniature monuments,only yards away.
We sat on the deck the whole of that day; the experience was so new and so enchanting it was impossible to tear our-selves away. At dinner time delectable smells wafted up from the kitchen near the prow. Evelyn ate with a better appetite than I had seen her display for days; and when we retired to the saloon as the evening fell,she performed Cho-pin beautifully on the pianoforte. I sat by the window watching the exquisite sunset and listening to the tender stra
