"Courage and hope in themselves are the precursors of physical and mental energy.

Remember to-morrow at five, and do not keep late hours to-night.

I should advise you to be in bed by ten at the latest." I agreed to this, and we shook hands and parted.

I walked blithely along, back to the Avenue du Midi, where, on my arrival indoors, I found a letter from Mrs.Everard.She wrote "in haste" to give me the names of some friends of hers whom she had discovered, through the "American Register," to be staying at the Grand Hotel.

She begged me to call upon them, and enclosed two letters of introduction for the purpose.