day because of the snow, and that the lightness of our dress was ill
suited to such severe weather. Schell, negligently, lost our purse,
in which were nine florins. I had still, however, nineteen grosch
in my pocket (about half-a-crown).

Feb. 3.--To Crumelew, three miles; and

Feb. 4.--To Wladowiegud Joreck, three miles more; and from thence,
on.

Feb. 5.--To Czenstochowa, where there is a magnificent convent,
concerning which, had I room, I might write many remarkable things,
much to the disgrace of its inhabitants.

We slept at an inn kept by a very worthy man, whose name was Lazar.
He had been a lieutenant in the Austrian service, where he had
suffered much, and was now become a poor innkeeper in Poland. We
had not a penny in our purse, and requested a bit of bread. The
generous man had compassion on us, and desired us to sit down and
eat with himself. I then told him who we were, and trusted him with
the motives of our journey. Scarcely had we supped, before a
carriage arrived with three people. They had their own horses, a
servant and a coachman.

This is a remarkable incident, and I must relate it
circumstantially, though as briefly as possible.

We had before met this carriage at Elkusch, and one of these people
had asked Schell where we were going; he had replied, to
Czenstochowa; we therefore had not the least suspicion of them,