They stood in the bedroom where Shakespeare was born, and where his father
and mother probably died; and they looked into the garden where he used to
play; and Horace very mischievously pointed out the fireplace in the
kitchen where, as he told Hester, they cooked their bacon.
Mrs. Avory was then informed of the mean attacks on Shakespeare which
Horace had made in the church, and their complete refutation by the old
man, whose judgment she upheld.
"Horace," she said, "oughtn't to be here at all. He ought to be at St.
Albans. We will look up the trains when we get back to the hotel."
Horace was not quite certain whether this was serious or not. "Why St.
Albans?" he asked.
"Because that is where your friend Bacon lived," said Mrs. Avory.
The next place to visit was the Memorial, which is a very ugly building by
the river, where the Festival is held every spring. This is not very
interesting to children, being given up to books and pictures connected
with the stage; but close by are the steps leading to the boats, each of
which has a Shakespearian name, and Mrs. Avory allowed them to row about
for an hour before lunch. This they did, Robert and Mary and Horace and
Hester in the _Hermione_, and Janet and Gregory and Jack in the _Rosalind.
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