He informed me, that he had early withdrawn his attention from foreign trifles, and that since he began to addict his mind to serious and manly studies, he had very carefully amassed all the English books that were printed in the black character.

But I actually lodged in Passybeing fond of country pursuits and addicted to fresh airin a humble hostelry under the sign of the "Grey Cat"; and here, too, Theodore had a bed.