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 always distinguishes a man of noble birth and a good education, flattered the passions and prejudices of every one. Little friends ought not to be slighted, as well as petty enemies; and we frequently received the greatest services from people of whom we had not expected the smallest kindness. The innkeepers and their people rivalled every where to treat us as well as possible: the less we required, and the more satisfied we seemed to be with what they could give us, the more did they exert themselves to render us every kind of service, and to anticipate our wishes; the consequence of which was, that we never had any reason to complain of the insolence and the imposition of the landlords; and we were convinced, by repeated experience, that travellers generally have to accuse no person but themselves if they are not well treated by the innkeepers.

One evening we had already left Chartres far behind us, and approached a village, whose solitary, but romantic, situation