A New Portrait of Paris: Painted from Life In the conclusion to Chapter VII, the author details his registration at the Hotel Corneille and his first day at the hotel.  The author describes his room, shares his thoughts on friendship and pipe sharing, and discusses the widespread use of tobacco.  The author relates the conversation he has while sharing a pipe with his newly made friend Books on why he travels, what he thinks about marriage, and the perceptions of the English and Americans by the French.