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She then told him she had not slept for some time in the same bed with her husband , and therefore might easily come to him again as soon as the family were gone to their respective apartments ; and having said this , went out of the room hastily , tho ' not without returning his salute , and telling him he was worthy of greater risques than those she was about to run . He was no sooner left alone , than he began to reflect : on the capriciousness of his destiny , which to preserve him from suffering for a crime he was innocent of , was about to make him in reality guilty of one of the very same nature : it is likely , however , he was not troubled with many scruples on this head ; or if any arose in his mind , they were soon dissipated in the consideration of what he owed to his own safety , which he yet could not greatly flatter himself with the hope of , as he was not ignorant how difficult it was for a delinquent to elude the diligence of those sent in search of him . The chance of such a thing notwithstanding was not to be neglected ; and he waited with an impatience adequate to the occasion , for the hour in which he expected his deliverance . It was little more than eleven o'clock , when she came into the chamber in the habit of a country fellow , which so intirely disguised her , that till she spoke , he took her for one of those who attend the prisoners in the circumstances he then was , and imagined some accident had prevented the execution of her plot ; but he was soon convinced of his error , by her speaking , and at the same time presenting him with a coat , wig , and every thing proper to make him pass for such as she appeared herself : -- the reader may suppose he wasted not much time in equipping himself , or in making any idle compliments ; it was scarce midnight , when they both got safely out of the house , the door of which she shut softly after her . She then proposed to him to go to the Fauxbourg , whence they might , without any suspicion , as passing for poor countrymen , get into the open road before day-break ; but he would needs stop at the baron d' Eyrac 's , judging with good reason that they might be more securely concealed in his house , till the search should be over , than to pretend to travel in any shape whatever . She , who knew not what obligations the baron had to be faithful to him in this point , at first opposed it ; but he at length prevailed , and they went boldly to the door ; the family not being all in bed , it was immediately opened , but in the dress they were , found some difficulty to be admitted to the baron , who , the servant told them , was asleep ; but Natura , with an admirable presence of mind , replied , that he had brought a letter from a friend in the country of the utmost importance , and must be delivered into the baron 's own hands directly ; on which he was at last won to let them come into the hall , while he sent to let his lord know . Whether the baron had any suspicion of the truth , or not , is uncertain , but he ordered the men should be brought up ; Natura , however , thought it most proper to speak to him alone , therefore left his companion below : -- never was surprize greater than that of this nobleman , when the other discovered himself to him , and the means by which he had been set free .