. Vivian's lesson . Malo thou wilt need some to give to theman on the steamer, if so be thou art reallygoing to England. Put it away again, deepdown in thy pocket, and let it not be seenby every man. Else wilt thou be robbed,and what will follow then, eh ? By this time the cart had rumbled intothe square, and driven through an archwayinto the courtyard of a little inn which stoodsomewhat back from the rest of the man got down, and so did Pierre. Hislegs were aching worse than ever now, andoh, how he wished that he might spend thenight among the straw, instead of having togo and look
. Vivian's lesson . Malo thou wilt need some to give to theman on the steamer, if so be thou art reallygoing to England. Put it away again, deepdown in thy pocket, and let it not be seenby every man. Else wilt thou be robbed,and what will follow then, eh ? By this time the cart had rumbled intothe square, and driven through an archwayinto the courtyard of a little inn which stoodsomewhat back from the rest of the man got down, and so did Pierre. Hislegs were aching worse than ever now, andoh, how he wished that he might spend thenight among the straw, instead of having togo and look for a sleeping-place! Indeed, hehardly knew how to go and look for one,for it had never entered into his calculationsthat he would need to spend a night on theroad. Perhaps the man saw the wistful look inhis eyes, for after he had called to thelandlord of the inn, and with his help hadlifted down the great round tub-like barrel,with its living burden, and had carried itcarefully into a small outhouse, where, appar-. He sank gratefully into the soft bed of straw which the kind country-man made up for him, and had fallen into a feverish L- PAGE 231. THE JOURNEY. 231 ently it was to remain during the night, andhad seen his old gray horse safely tied upin one of the stalls in the stable, he turnedto the little boy, who was still lingeringnear the archway. Wouldst like a nights lodging, little one ?he said. For if so, I could let thee lie inthe same house as my piglets. I pay a fewsous for the use of the outhouse; the ownerof the inn is a cousin of my wifes, and helets me have it cheaply. I can put what Ilike in it, and I take the key, so, if thouwilt, I can take the straw from the cart andspread it down in a corner, and thou canstsleep there as safely and at less cost than ifthou went somewhere and paid for a bed. Needless to say, Pierre agreed to this offergladly. He was feeling so tired and ill thathe would have been content to lie down inthe open street, and he sank gr
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