It was now incumbent on me to seek the habitation of Thetford.

To leave this house accessible to every passenger appeared to be imprudent.

I had no key by which I might lock the principal door.

I therefore bolted it on the inside, and passed through a window, the shutters of which I closed, though I could not fasten after me.

This led me into a spacious court, at the end of which was a brick wall, over which I leaped into the street.