Our beds, though homely, were clean; and I have seldom, in the most luxurious ones, reposed equally soundly.
When our courier asked for the bill this morning, the landlady declared she "knew not what to charge, that she never was in the habit of making out bills, and that we must give her what we thought right." The courier urged the necessity of having a regular bill, explaining to her that he was obliged to file all bills, and produce them every week for the arrangement of his accounts,--but in vain: she could not, she declared, make one out; and no one in her house was more expert than herself.
She came to us, laughing and protesting, and ended by saying, "Pay what you like; things are very cheap at Arles.

You have eaten very little; really, it is not worth charging for." But, when we persisted on having her at least name a sum, to our infinite surprise she asked, if a couple of louis would be too much ?--And this for a party of six, and six servants, for two days! We had some difficulty in inducing her to accept a suitable indemnification, and parted, leaving her proclaiming what she was pleased to consider our excessive generosity, and reiterating her good wishes..