Captain Poke had gone to a room in another part of the hotel, but the family of amiable strangers were fast asleep in the antechamber.

They had supped heartily as I was assured, and were now indulging in a happy but temporary oblivion--to use an improved expression--of all their wrongs.

Satisfied with this state of things, I now sought my own pillow, or, according to a favorite phrase of Mr.Noah Poke, I also "turned in.".