that it is quite rotten."

Paolo set to work -- took a handful or two of the crumbling wood,
broke it up into dust, then struck a spark on to the tinder,
touched it with a slow match and inserted this into the little pile
of wood; a minute's blowing and the flames sprang up. He drew
out the slow match and putting his foot upon it placed it in his
wallet, then he broke off some more wood and soon had a blazing
fire.

"We have enough food left for supper, master, and if I spit some
of this cold meat on the ramrod of one of my pistols and hold it
over the fire it will be all the more tasty. I wish we had those
flasks of wine that you were speaking of. It seems to me that
after sleeping for some ten hours we shall find it hard to go off
again for some time, even though neither of us got any sleep last
night. How furious the governor will be when he finds that you
have escaped!"

"He is a good fellow," Hector said, "and save that he will be annoyed
-- because he will be blamed for my escape -- I do not think he
will be sorry that I have got off. I left a note for him on the table
saying that I was about to make my escape, but that on my honour
I had not obtained anything that would aid me, by your assistance,
and that you had never brought anything into the castle save what
you showed on entering to the guards. I should not like him to think
for a moment that I had broken my promise and taken advantage of
his kindness. How does your face feel?"

"It is mightily sore, but it does not smart as it did at first.