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CIIAPTER X.
THE HEIGIITS OF SWARTEBORG.#ARR[VAL AT STROEMSTAD.
AT the hotel in #5ddevalla, De Dressen inquired whether a
traveller, accompanied by a boy, stayed there over night, or
whether he was there yet. :But nobody pretended to bave seen
anything of such a person.
"If I only knew what direction he was gone," said the
lieutenant-colonel to himself; but was soon interrupted by a
waiter, #vho inquired with great humbleness» "Whether his grace
did hot wish his horses ordered for the whole distance. This
rnight be easily done, as a carriage was just departing, if his
grace would only write a post-ticket, and give if fo the servant
who was travelling with the carriage."
This proposition obtained great praise from the lieutenant-
colonel, tIe knew that if would cost him a little money for the
servants, but if gave him a certain kind of authority, if he tra-
velled with horses ordered in advance; and nothing was fo be
neglected which might foster his great ambition, tte therefore
wrote a post-ticket in large, distinct lettcrs- "Two horses for the
:Lieutenant-colonel and Chamberlain de Dressen, .Mpp/" But af
none of the foolish things which he had committed in his life was
he so angry as at this; for he was detained upon the heights of
Swartcborg by the insignificant circumstance# that the splendid
carriage which he had obtained ibr twenty dollars, rix-money,
suddenly lost one of ifs fore-wheels, and upset the #vhole family,
fo their amazement and great anger, upon the high road, by
which occurrence they might bave easfly broken" both their bones
and necks into the bargain.
Fortunately, the summerset was hot very severe; so that they
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