court before the windows of the commandant's residence, and arriving there, I should be obliged to pass by a gate which was guarded by soldiers.
\"Not wishing to communicate my design to any one, it was necessary to disguise myself. As several of the rooms in the building I occupied were undergoing repairs, it was not difficult to assume the dress of a workman. My good and faithful valet, Charles Thelin, procured a smock-frock and a pair of wooden shoes,
court before the windows of the commandant's residence, and arriving there, I should be obliged to pass by a gate which was guarded by soldiers.
\"Not wishing to communicate my design to any one, it was necessary to disguise myself. As several of the rooms in the building I occupied were undergoing repairs, it was not difficult to assume the dress of a workman. My good and faithful valet, Charles Thelin, procured a smock-frock and a pair of wooden shoes,
