I am more accustomed to these villages than you are." In five minutes he returned.

"I have found a capital place," he said.
"It is a stable, but it is empty.

No doubt the Spaniards have taken the horses, and are using them in their transport wagons." "It is enough for us that the place is empty, Paolo." The door stood ajar.

They entered and closed it behind them, and they then felt about until they found a pile of rough fodder.

They pulled some of this aside, lay down and covered themselves up with the stalks they had removed, and in three minutes were fast asleep, for they had had a long day's work.