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Chapter 5

           asIfoundsomeweeksafter,whenIwenttopaymyrespectstotheemperorofBlefuscu,which,inthemidstofgreatmisfortunes,throughthemaliceofmyenemies,provedaveryhappyadventuretome,asIshallrelateinitsproperplace.

           Thereadermayremember,thatwhenIsignedthosearticlesuponwhichIrecoveredmyliberty,thereweresomewhichIdisliked,uponaccountoftheirbeingtooservile;neithercouldanythingbutanextremenecessityhaveforcedmetosubmit.Butbeingnowanardacofthehighestrankinthatempire,suchofficeswerelookeduponasbelowmydignity,andtheemperor(todohimjustice),neveroncementionedthemtome.However,itwasnotlongbeforeIhadanopportunityofdoinghismajesty,atleastasIthenthought,amostsignalservice.Iwasalarmedatmidnightwiththecriesofmanyhundredpeopleatmydoor;bywhich,beingsuddenlyawaked,Iwasinsomekindofterror.IheardthewordBurglumrepeatedincessantly:severaloftheemperor’scourt,makingtheirwaythroughthecrowd,entreatedmetocomeimmediatelytothepalace,whereherimperialmajesty’sapartmentwasonfire,bythecarelessnessofamaidofhonour,whofellasleepwhileshewasreadingaromance.Igotupinaninstant;andordersbeinggiventoclearthewaybeforeme,anditbeinglikewiseamoonshinenight,Imadeashifttogettothepalacewithouttramplingonanyofthepeople.Ifoundtheyhadalreadyappliedladderstothewallsoftheapartment,andwerewellprovidedwithbuckets,butthewaterwasatsomedistance.Thesebucketswereaboutthesizeoflargethimbles,andthepoorpeoplesuppliedmewiththemasfastastheycould:buttheflamewassoviolentthattheydidlittlegood.Imighteasilyhavestifleditwithmycoat,whichIunfortunatelyleftbehindmeforhaste,andcameawayonlyinmyleathernjerkin.

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