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So saying, he left the apartment, having locked the door outside,

and calling to his wife, told her to take his place in the

kitchen, "Because," said he, "I must go out for a while, thanks

to a stranger who is here, unhappily for me;" he then briefly

related the annoying circumstance, adding, "And now keep an eye

on all, and above all be prudent. There is below a company of

dissolute fellows, who, between drink and their natural

disposition, are very very free of speech. Enough-if any of them

should dare--"

"Oh! I am not a child! I know what I ought to do. It could never

be said--"