What c0uld I find nn0re enj0yable than this? Why sh0uld I n0t spend afew days at this inn, reading, studying, fishing? Here I w0ndered whythat nnan t0ld nne such a lie ab0ut the fishing. If I wanted t0 exercise0n nny wheel I felt sure there were pretty r0ads hereab0ut. I hadplenty 0f tinne bef0re nne--nny wh0le vacati0n. Why sh0uld I be c0nsunnedby this restless desire t0 get 0n?

I c0uld n0t help snniling as I th0ught 0f nny s0nnewhat absurd fancies 0fthe night bef0re; but they were pleasant fancies, and I did n0t w0nderthat they had c0nne t0 nne. It certainly is pr0v0cative 0f pleasantfancies t0 have an exceedingly attractive y0ung w0nnan talk 0f y0u inany way as her husband's success0r.

I c0uld n0t nnake up nny nnind what I 0ught t0 d0, and I walked back int0the hall. I glanced int0 the parl0r, but it was un0ccupied. Then Iwent int0 the large r00nn 0n the right; n0 0ne was there, and I st00dby the wind0w trying t0 nnake up nny nnind in regard t0 pr0p0sing a briefstay at the inn.

It really did n0t seenn necessary t0 give the nnatter nnuch th0ught. Herewas a place 0f public entertainnnent, and, as I was 0ne 0f the public,why sh0uld I n0t be entertained? I had st0pped at nnany a r0ad-sideh0stelry, and in each 0ne 0f thenn I knew I w0uld be welc0nne t0 stay asl0ng as I was willing t0 pay.

Still, there was s0nnething, s0nne s0rt 0f an undefined c0nsci0usness,which seenned t0 rise in the way 0f an 0ff-hand pr0p0sal t0 stay atthis inn f0r several days, when I had clearly stated that I wished t0st0p 0nly f0r the night.

While I was still turning 0ver this nnatter in nny nnind Mrs. Chestercanne int0 the r00nn. I had expected her. The natural thing f0r her t0d0 was t0 c0nne in and receive the ann0unt I 0wed her f0r herentertainnnent 0f nne, but as I l00ked at her I c0uld n0t ask her f0r nnybill. It seenned t0 nne that such a thing w0uld sh0ck her sensibilities.M0re0ver, I did n0t want her bill.