time, I thought it would be
preferable to dwell within the town; and therefore hired the young
guide before mentioned to conduct me to the house of the Austrian
Consul-General Herr von A. Unfortunately this gentleman was not
visible to such an insignificant personage as myself, and sent me
word that I might come again in a few hours. This was a true "Job's
message" for me, as far as consolation went. The heat was most
oppressive; I had now entered the town for the second time, to be
sent once more back to the glowing sands, with permission to "come
again in a few hours." Had I not been uncommonly hardy, I should
have succumbed. But luckily I knew a method to help myself. I
ordered my little guide to lead me to the house in which the wife of
Battista the innkeeper had lived.

During my previous residence at Beyrout I had accidentally heard
that a French lady lodged in the same house, and occupied herself
with the education of the children. I went to call on this French
lady, and was lucky enough to find her; so I had, at any rate, so
far succeeded that I had found a being with whom I could converse,
and of whom I might request advice and assistance. My new
acquaintance was an extremely cordial maiden lady about forty years
of age. Her name was Pauline Kandis. My unfortunate position
awakened her compassion so much, that she placed her own room at my
disposal for the time being. I certainly saw that my present
quarters left much to be desired, for my kind entertainer's lodging
consisted of a single room, divided into two parts by several tall
chests; the foremost division contained a large table, at which four
girls sat and stood at their lessons. The second division formed a
kind of lumber-room, redolent of boxes, baskets, and pots, and
furnished with a board, laid on an old tub, to answer the purposes
of a table. My condition was, however, so forlorn, that I took
joyful possession of the lumber-room assigned to me. I immediately
departed with my boy-guide, and by noon I was already installed,
with bag and baggage, in the dwelling of my kind hostess. But there
was no more walking for me that day. What with the journey and my
morning's peregrinations I was so exhausted that I requested nothing
but a resting-place, which I found among the old chests and baskets
on the floor. I was right glad to lie down, and court the rest that
I needed so much.

At seven o'clock in the evening the school closed. Miss