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 "The whole village assembled, therefore, as soon as our return was known, gazing at us as supernatural beings, and consulting us about several matters. The Lieutenant had his fun with the simplicity of those honest people and the day was spent merrily."

"It was already dark, and the villagers had not yet left the inn, they unanimously intreated us to take them along with us to the castle. We were obliged to disavow our design, to feign sleepiness, and to order a bed of straw to be got ready."

"At ten o'clock we stole silently to the castle without a light, the Lieutenant's servant lighted our lamp in the court-yard, and we went to the hall, where we had spent the first night, waiting with impatience for the last quarter before midnight. The Lieutenant did not believe the old man would be as good as his word, I joyfully seconded his opinion, and would have been glad if we had not waited for him; but the Baron, who, from his ju-