it was, for I was nearly suffocated, and had suffered great agony. We came within sight of a town; I was then obliged to undergo the same misery again, until we had stopped, changed post horses, and were once more on the road.
Not to tire you with more particulars, in this manner we proceeded, without stopping to sleep on the road, and only taking some bread and wine from the post-houses. At length we entered a wood: No longer able to preserve silence, I cried out, "Ah! my God, what is now to become of me!"
Being so frequently muffled up, and having only once taken any refreshment, both my spirits and strength were exhausted, which, with the terror I felt on entering a thick wood at the close of day, entirely overcame me, and I fainted. How long I continued in this situation, I know not; but on my recovery, I found myself in a very decent apartment, with two men and an elderly woman.
The former perceiving that my senses were returned, ordered the woman to retire;
