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fast, or perhaps ' faster, than 

 many do to get clear of a bailiff. 

 1 at length came to a door that 

 stood ajar, and thinking that it 

 might possible lead to tlie stair 

 case, I thurst it open, and bolted 

 into a room, and ran through 

 that into a third, that had no 

 other door but the one I entered 

 at. I turned back into a second 

 room, which was a bed chamber, 

 and looked about me. The bed 

 was unmade ; upon the pillow 

 lay a greasy night-cap, and upon 

 a chair a powdering-gown, that 

 was a good deal the worse lor the 

 wear. Upon the table stood a 

 Mash hand bason, with dirty 

 water and combs, powdu-r, poma- 

 tum, razors, shoes, stockings, 

 buckles, tooth-powder, brushes, 

 and a number of other apparatus, 

 of the same k nd, lay huddled 

 together in a very slovenly man- 

 ner, which greatly lassened the 

 high flown ideas I entertained 

 of the magnificence that [ sup- 

 posed reigned in every part of 

 the palace, and restored my 

 n)ind to some degree of tran- 

 quillity. 



'"• Was T not a fool, said 1 to 

 myself, with my veneration, and 

 the diffidence it caused ! how ab- 

 surd was the exalted opinion I 

 had of others, and the too mean 

 a one I entertained of myself ! 

 Am f not aijioiig mortals, who 

 sleep, wash, and dres-s themselves 

 the same as I do, and have not 

 some of them a dirtier night cap, 

 audraggeder morning gown than 

 mine ? 



" Such were my reflections when 

 the owner of the room I was in 

 entered it, and perceiving a stran- 

 ger, sprang towards mc in a hasty 



" and suspicious manner, with these 

 '• words. 



" ' What do you want in my 

 " room ?' 



" I replied, with a profound obci- 

 " sance, that I was lookiiig for tlic 

 " concert-room. 



" ' The concert room '.'exclaim- 

 " ed the man, in a passion. ' The 

 " concert-room here! who are you 

 " sir ? — you hesitate ! — ha 1 what'* 

 " the meaning of this ." 



" I endeavoured to appease his 

 wrath, and remove his suspicion 

 of my being a thief, by telling 

 him, as plainly as J could, which 

 I sp.ppose was unintelligible 

 enough, who I was, and the 

 reason of my straying into his 

 room: my dress, my honest coun- 

 tenance, and white kid gloves, 

 which I had not yet pulled off, 

 " seemed to convince him of my 

 " honesty, although Tie could not 

 '' pardon my intrusion ; and he told 

 " me, in a peevish, dissatisfied man- 

 '' ner, the way to the concert- 

 room. I left him in a tremor, 

 without having profited by his in- 

 structions, for his directions to 

 turn to the right when I came 

 to the little ball-room, and to the 

 " left as soon as I had passed the 

 " blue saloon, were useless to a poor 

 " fellow, who was so iinpardona"bly 

 " stupid, as not to know where 

 " the little ball-room and blue 

 " saloon were. 



" Then I find, said I to myself, 

 " that there are people in palaces 

 " as well as in streets and cottages, 

 " who do not understand the art 

 " of giving a plain direction. And 

 " I began to grumble in my own 

 " mind, at the Juan's stujiidity, 

 *' when I recollected that I had cer- 

 •' tainly that day given no groat proofs 



