ter him against the pursuit of his persecutors. The great fatigue he had sustained on his flight soon closed his weary eyes, and he slept 'till after sun set, when he left the Castle to pursue his way to F———, where he intended to enlist in the Prussian service."
"Directed by the silver rays of the rising moon he soon found his way to the high road: At the first well he fell in with he cleaned his sooty face and hands and then went briskly on. Being well stocked with provisions, he determined not to enter any inhabited place before he should be obliged by necessity to do it, lest some new misfortunes might cross his military scheme. With that view he left the high road whenever it led through a village, walked all night long and slept in the day time. Thus he travelled onward two nights without having met with any accident, when he, at the close of the third day, was obliged to direct his course to a small hamlet in order to provide himself with provisions: As soon as it wasdark
