I shut my eyes.
Suddenly there is a new sound.

This time I am not mistaken.

A half-stifled sneeze shakes the side of the case.

Never did an animal sneeze like that! Is it possible?
A human being is hidden in this case and is being fraudulently carried by the Grand Transasiatic to the pretty Roumanian! But is it a man or a woman?
It seems as though the sneeze had a masculine sound about it.
It is impossible to sleep now.

How long the day is coming! How eager I am to examine this box! I wanted incidents--well! and here is one, and if I do not get five lines out of this-- The eastern horizon grows brighter.