He did, or promised to do, all these things. I shaved off the remnants of my moustache, and got inside an ancient suit of what I believe is called heather mixture.The map gave me some notion of my whereabouts,and told me the two things I wanted to know—where the main railway to the south could be joined and what were the wildest districts near at hand. At two o'clock he wakened me from my slumbers in the smokingroom armchair, and led me blinking into the dark starry night. An old bicycle was found in a tool-shed and handed over to me.