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Here we were at fault : none of us had been provi- 

 dent of this article, and we wanted words to beg the 

 stableman to provide, if he could, the halters, and 

 put them in the bill. In the midst of our perplexity 

 a man entered, whom we hailed as a friend in need. 

 He was a Greek, unmistakable by physiognomy, 

 even had he not been so by dress. How delightful 

 it was to find a channel of communication reopened, 

 those only can judge who, like us, have been deprived 

 of the uses of speech. Our words became, indeed, 

 tTTca Trrcpoevra. Iii a trice he explained to us the 

 whole matter, which was as we had supposed. He 

 appeared to be quite proud of the distinction of being 

 the only person who could communicate with us, and 

 assumed the office of interpreter with great gusto. 

 Through him we explained that we should like to pay 

 a A'isit to the stables, and the groom summoned us at 

 once to follow him. The company all cleared out as 

 we rose partly from civility, and partly because they 

 wanted to see a little more of us. "We did not in 

 the least doubt the honesty of these gentry ; but 

 seeing that so little ceremony existed as to right of 

 entry into our apartment, we did not know but that 

 some unscrupulous person might take advantage of 

 our absence to overhaul our effects. "\Ve therefore 

 judged it prudent to remove those of our effects which 

 might most strongly provoke their cupidity. Our 

 saddles were heavy, and could not easily be pocketed, 

 but our pistols might have been stowed away under 



