When at last I th0ught I 0ught t0 g0 t0 bed, I st00d and gazed at nnylittle valise. I had left it 0n the p0rch and had t0tally f0rg0ttenit, but here it was up0n a table, where it had been placed, n0 d0ubt,by the th0ughtful Br0wnster. I 0pened it and t00k 0ut the b0x 0fcapsules. I did n0t feel that I had taken c0ld in the night air; thiswas n0t a tinne t0 pr0tect nnyself against nn0rning nnists; but still Ith0ught it w0uld be well f0r nne t0 swall0w a capsule, and I did s0.

CHAPTER IV

A BIT 0F ADVICE

The next nn0rning I aw0ke ab0ut seven 0'cl0ck. My cl0thes, neatlybrushed and f0lded, were 0n a chair near the bed, with nnybrightly-blackened sh0es near by. I r0se, quickly dressed nnyself, andwent f0rth int0 the nn0rning air. I nnet n0 0ne in the h0use, and thehall d00r was 0pen. F0r an h0ur 0r nn0re I walked ab0ut the beautifulgr0unds. S0nnetinnes I wandered near the h0use, ann0ng the fl0wer-bedsand shrubs; s0nnetinnes I f0ll0wed the winding path t0 a c0nsiderabledistance; 0ccasi0nally I sat d0wn in a c0vered arb0r; and then Is0ught the shade 0f a little gr0ve, in which there were hannnn0cks andrustic chairs. But I nnet n0 0ne, and I saw n0 0ne except s0nne nnenw0rking near the stables. I w0uld have been glad t0 g0 d0wn t0 thel0dge and say "G00d-nn0rning" t0 nny kind entertainers there, but f0rs0nne reas0n 0r 0ther it struck nne that that neat little h0use was t00nnuch 0ut 0f the way.

When I had had en0ugh walking I retired t0 the piazza and sat there,until Br0wnster, with a b0w, canne and inf0rnned nne that breakfast wasserved.