moment have you put yourself to inconvenience on our account." And
yet I had already lost fourteen napoleons, and given up all prospect
of going to Venice!

"Mr. Robinson is certainly right not to break his engagement with Miss
Walker," said Sophonisba. Now I had said not a word about an
engagement with Miss Walker, having only mentioned incidentally that
she would be one of the party at Innspruck. "But," continued she, "I
think he should not have misled us." And in this way we enjoyed our
evening meal.

I was just about to shake hands with them all, previous to my final
departure from their presence, when the Boots came into the room.

"I'll leave the portmanteau till to-morrow morning," said he.

"All right," said I.

"Because," said he, "there will be such a crowd of things in the hall.
The big trunk I will take away now."

"Big trunk,--what big trunk?"

"The trunk with your rug over it, on which your portmanteau stood."

I looked round at Mr., Mrs., and Miss Greene, and saw that they were
all looking at me. I looked round at them, and as their eyes met mine
I felt that I turned as red as fire. I immediately jumped up and
rushed away to my own room, hearing as I went that all their steps
were following me. I rushed to the inner recess, pulled down the