No sooner had it started than Baron von Moudenfels hastily raised both the side windows and pulled down the little curtains of dark red silk.

No curious eyes could now look in at him, and he could fearlessly devote himself to his occupations, which he did with perfect composure and unconcern.

First, he drew from the back pocket of his coat a package wrapped in paper, which he unrolled, placing its contents on the back seat.
These consisted of a wig of short fair hair, a mustache of the same color, and two little boxes containing red, white, and black paints.

Then the baron took from his breast-pocket another package, which he unwrapped and produced a mirror, brushes and combs.
After hanging the mirror by a small hook on the cushion of the back seat, the baron began to make his toilet, that is, to transform himself from an old man into a young one.

First, he removed his powdered wig and exchanged it for the blonde one, doing it so quickly that the most watchful eye would have had no time to see the color of his own hair concealed beneath.