11 A.M.
M. supper , at which , after the inevitable macaroni , were many unwholesome dishes , such as salads made of thistles , cows ' udders , and other delicacies , which deprived one of all desire for sleep . Notwithstanding which , we rose early , my hostess and the ladies of the establishment appearing in the early part of the day in the most extreme deshabille . Indeed , on one occasion when I was first introduced into the family of a respectable citizen and shown into my bedroom , I mistook one of the two females who were making the bed for the servant , and was surprised to see her hand a little douceur I gave her as an earnest of attention on her part to the other , with a smile . She soon afterward went to bed : we all did , from 11 A.M. till about 3 P.M. , at which hour I was horrified to meet her arrayed in silks and satins , and to find that she was the wife of my host . She kindly took me a drive with her in a carriage and pair , and with a coachman in livery . It was by this simple means , and by thus imposing myself upon the hospitality of these unsophisticated people , that I worked my way , by slow degrees , chiefly on foot , into the part of the country I desired to visit ; and I trust that I in a measure repaid them for it by the stores of information which I imparted to them , and of which they stood much in need , and by little sketches of their homes and the surrounding scenery , with which I presented them . I was , indeed , dependent in some measure for hospitality of this description , as I had taken no money with me , partly because , to tell the truth , I had scarcely got any , and partly because I was afraid of being robbed by brigands of the little I had .