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Andrea had not spoken without cause of the pretty roo out upon the court of the Bell Tavern, which with its triple galleries like those of a theatre, with the jessaht columns, forine The foas tender, the wine old, the fire clear and sparkling, and Andrea was surprised to find hi had happened Then he went to bed and almost immediately fell into that deep sleep which is sure to visit e, even when they are torn with reht to have felt remorse, but that he did not This was the plan which had appealed to him to afford the best chance of his security Before daybreak he would awake, leave the inn after rigorously paying his bill, and reaching the forest, he would, under pretence of , test the hospitality of some peasants, procure hi off the lion's skin to assume that of the woodman; then, with his hands covered with dirt, his hair darkened by means of a leaden comb, his complexion embroith a preparation for which one of his old co the wooded districts, to reach the nearest frontier, walking by night and sleeping in the day in the forests and quarries, and only entering inhabited regions to buy a loaf from tithe proceeds to ten bank-notes he always carried about with him in case of accident, he would then find himself possessor of about 50,000 livres, which he philosophically considered as no very deplorable condition after all Moreover, he reckoned lars to hush up the rumor of their own misadventures These were the reasons which, added to the fatigue, caused Andrea to sleep so soundly In order that he ht awaken early he did not close the shutters, but contented hi on the table an unclasped and long-pointed knife, whose temper he well knew, and which was never absent fro Andrea akened by a ray of sunlight, which played, waranized brains, the predo idea--and there always is one--is sure to be the last thought before sleeping, and the first upon waking in theAndrea had scarcely opened his eyes when his predo idea presented itself, and whispered in his ear that he had slept too long He ju the court A gendar objects in the world, even to a man void of uneasiness; but for one who has a tiood cause too, the yellow, blue, and white unifor