She procured a chicken which was soon broiling, and brewing some kind of tea, she compelled Paul to eat and drink, after which he was escorted to a room and snugly covered up in a big, canopied bed.

He was no sooner stretched on the mattress than he was sound asleep, not waking until the sun shone through the window next day.

He then heard the murmur of voices in the street.

Jumping up, his feet struck a cold tiled floor which sent a chill over him.

Peering through the curtain, he discovered a crowd of people looking up at his room and a buzz of voices was heard all about the house.