So having deposited these articles on a chair at the door of my room, I went to bed again to have another snooze, hoping to find them cleaned when I awoke.

After an hour or so I got up to dress, and rang the bell several times without getting any answer.

So I opened the door and looked out into the passage.

To my surprise I saw an individual sitting on the chair on which I had put my clothes, trying on one of my boots.

He had succeeded in getting it half on when it had stuck, and at the time I discovered him he seemed to be in a fix, inasmuch as he could neither get the boot off nor on.