He got out of bed, cautiously crossed the floor, found the window, and the means of opening it, then unlatched the shutters which had kept the room in darkness.

At once a flood of sunshine poured in.

Looking forth, he saw a quiet little street of houses and gardens, and beyond, some miles away, a mountain peak rising against the cloudless blue.
His watch had run down.

He rang the bell, and learnt that the hour was nearly eleven.
"I have slept well," he said in his Anglo-French.

"I am hungry.