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We availed ourselves of this happy circumstance and , leaving Agamemnon in the lurch , we took to our heels , as though we were running away from a real conflagration . ETEXT EDITOR 'S BOOKMARKS : Affairs start to go wrong , your friends will stand from under Doctor 's not good for anything except for a consolation Everybody 's business is nobody 's business He can teach you more than he knows himself Learning 's a fine thing , and a trade wo n't starve Men are lions at home and foxes abroad No one can show a dead man a good time The loser 's always the winner in arguments Too many doctors did away with him We know that you 're only a fool with a lot of learning Whenever you learn a thing , it 's yours Believes , on the spot , every tale You can spot a louse on someone else VOLUME 3 . -- FURTHER ADVENTURES OF ENCOLPIUS AND HIS COMPANIONS There was no torch to light the way for us , as we wandered around , nor did the silence of midnight give promise of our meeting any wayfarer with a light ; in addition to this , we were drunk and unfamiliar with the district , which would confuse one , even in daylight , so for the best part of a mortal hour we dragged our bleeding feet over all the flints and pieces of broken tile , till we were extricated , at last , by Giton 's cleverness . This prudent youngster had been afraid of going astray on the day before , so he had taken care to mark all the pillars and columns with chalk . These marks stood out distinctly , even through the pitchy night , and by their brilliant whiteness pointed out the way for us as we wandered about . Nevertheless , we had no less cause for being in a sweat even when we came to our lodging , for the old woman herself had been sitting and swilling so long with her guests that even if one had set her afire , she would not have known it .