CHAPTER X.
KER KARRAJE.

THE cell which I occupy is situated about a hundred
paces from the abode of Count d’Artigas; it is one of
the last of the Beehive row. Though I may not have
to share it with Thomas Roch, I thought at least that
I should be near him. So that the keeper might con-
tinue his attendance on the patient, the two cells ought
to be contiguous. But this point, I suppose, will soon
be settled. .

Captain Spade and Serké the engineer live separately,
close to the hétel of Count d’Artigas.

His hétel?... Yes. Why not give it its name, since
the residence has been carefully and artistically arranged ?
Skilful hands have carved the rock into an ornamental
facade. A wide door gives access to it. Light enters by
several windows cut in the limestone and fitted with sashes
filled with coloured panes. The interior consists of a
number of rooms, the dining-room and drawing-room are
lighted by a large window. The whole is perfectly venti-
lated. The furniture is of various origin and very fanciful
shapes, and it is of French, English, and American manu-