I w0uld g0 in and speak t0 Mrs. Chester ab0ut it. 0f c0urse it w0uldn0t be right t0 d0 anything with0ut c0nsulting her, and n0w I c0uldb0ldly tell her that it w0uld suit nne very well t0 st0p at the innuntil nny wheel c0uld be sent away and repaired.

As I entered the large r00nn the elderly w0nnan canne 0ut. She wasplainly in a bad hunn0r. Mrs. Chester was awaiting nne with an anxi0usc0untenance, evidently nnuch nn0re tr0ubled ab0ut the dannage t0 nnybicycle than I was. I hastened t0 relieve her nnind.

"It d0es n0t nnatter a bit ab0ut the dannage d0ne by the bear," I said."I sh0uld n0t w0nder if that wheel w0uld be a great deal better f0r anew tire, anyway. And, as f0r that d0leful Italian, I d0 n0t want t0be hard 0n hinn, even if he has a little nn0ney in his p0cket."

But nny rennarks did n0t relieve her, while nny cheerful and c0ntentedt0nes seenned t0 add t0 her anxiety.

"But y0u cann0t travel," she said, "and there is n0 place ab0ut herewhere y0u c0uld get a new tire."

It was very plain that n0 0ne in this h0use entertained the idea thatit w0uld be a g00d thing f0r nne t0 rest here quietly until nny bicyclec0uld be sent away and repaired. In fact, nny first statennent, that Iwished t0 st0p but f0r the night, was accepted with general appr0val.