said Rollo, "without hearing the end of the
story. However, the soldier put the lid down, and shut the man entirely
in."

Rollo thought that, as he was so near the end, he might as well finish
the story, even if his auditor was asleep.

CHAPTER XI.

CONCLUSION.

Rollo's adventures in Paris were brought, at length, for the time being,
to a somewhat abrupt termination, by an invitation which he received
suddenly at breakfast one morning, from his uncle George, to set off
with him the next day for Switzerland. Rollo was very eager to accept
this invitation from the moment that it was offered him. It is true that
he was not at all tired of Paris; and there were a great many places,
both in the city and in the environs, that he was still desirous to see.

Rollo had only one day's notice of the proposed journey to Switzerland,
and that day was spent almost entirely in getting the passports ready.
This business devolved on Rollo himself, as his uncle was engaged in
some other way that day; and he proposed, therefore, that Rollo should
undertake the work of getting the passports stamped. Rollo accordingly
did so. He took a carriage and went round to the various offices, and
attended to the business very well, though he encountered some
difficulties in doing it. His uncle George was very much pleased when he
came home that night and found that Rollo had got the passports all
ready. Carlos went with Rollo to the passport offices, for company,
though he could not, of course, render him any assistance.[F]

[F] A full account of Rollo's adventures in getting the passports
stamped will be given in the first chapter of Rollo in Switzerland.

Rollo dined that evening with his uncle George and Carlos at a
restaurant. There are hundreds of these restaurants scattered all over
the city of Paris, and many of them are furnished and decorated in a
style of splendor that is magnificent beyond description. Mr. George
took Rollo and Carlos to one of the finest of them. It was in the
Boulevards.

The aspect of the room, when Rollo entered it, was very imposing. It was
lined on all sides with mirrors, with carved and gilded pilasters
between them, and a richly ornamented cornice above. The ceiling,
overhead, was panelled, and was painted in fresco with the most graceful
and elegant devices. The floor was laid in a beautiful mosaic of wood,
brilliantly polished. The room was filled with tables, all set out for
dinner in the nices