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banquet or take the oath of allegiance to their fatherland ; 

 a third apartment is the Palace of Justice ; from the ceiling 

 of another is suspended a huge hook for producing Parlia- 

 mentary dinners, over an open hearth ; whilst to another 

 is reserved the honour of the seat and centre of Andorran 

 legislation. 



We returned to our inn across the public square (where 

 the Chief of the State — an acquaintance of my guide — 

 was to be seen upon a balcony) and awaited with im- 

 patience the preparation of our evening meal. Mean- 

 while I silently contemplated operations ; down below 

 could be heard from time to time the dismal braying of a 

 donkey in the gloomy stable of the inn ; around the door- 

 way were inquisitive groups of children pressing forward 

 to see the foreigner who had just arrived ; while in the 

 kitchen the authorities were preparing an Andorran supper. 

 The local doctor, the guide, and myself were the only per- 

 sons at table ; and the meal being a triumph of Andorran 

 cuhnary art, I was not sorry when it was over. Raymond 

 then descended into the depths of the underground stable 

 to see that all was going well with his little black mare — 

 perhaps even to see that it had not been exchanged for a 

 mule of the same colour — whilst I retired to bed. 



We started at a very early hour next morning, crossed 

 the frontier into Spain, and reached the ancient city of 

 Seo d'Urgel. A further trudge of twenty miles brought 

 us to the little town of Bellver, and after another day 

 together on the plains of Catalonia, Raymond and I said 

 good-bye. 



