We stopped, and turned our horses loose, to seek supper and rest in the nearest meadow.

Our lot was a less fortunate one.

The inhabitants were already buried in deep slumbers, from which even the barking set up by the dogs at our approach failed to arouse them.

A cup of coffee would certainly have been very acceptable to me; yet I was loath to rouse any one merely for this.

A piece of bread satisfied my hunger, and a draught of water from the nearest spring tasted most deliciously with it.