Mary King Waddington

My First Years As a Frenchwoman Mary King Waddington

I was married in Paris in November, 1874, at the French Protestant Chapel of the rue Taitbout, by Monsieur Bersier, one of the ablest and most eloquent pastors of the Protestant church. We had just established ourselves in Paris, after having lived seven years in Rome. We had a vague idea of going back to America, and Paris seemed a first step in that direction-was nearer New York than Rome. I knew very little of France-we had never lived there-merely stayed a few weeks in the spring and autumn, coming and going from Italy.