Seay 1 aS Bee py aS Se ie A fo # RA < WE Ni emi ‘ i wy Ea cs a ? 5s Ses rin i j= 158 AZ CHAPTER IV FURTHER ADVENTURES E had now only to go to bed and to sleep, if he could manage to do so, and if he should awake next morning, as he fully ex- pected to do, he had no doubt that he should find himself at the place wherein his difficult but necessary task was to be per- formed. Remembering the directions of the wise man, Prince Filderkin determined to pass his night in sleep if he could possibly do so. This, indeed, was his usual habit, as he had a great objection to lying awake, which he considered altogether a mistaken way of passing the hours of darkness. On this particular night, however, he was much