“Baptiste and I left the band, and dressed ourselves out splendidly.
“He went up to her mansion, and knocked grandly at the door.
“It was opened by a servant in livery.
“I also got into the house, through the contrivance of Baptiste, but without any of the servants seeing me.
“Most of Evelina’s jewels were kept in a chest in the blue bed-chamber.
“I tried to discover it, but the mansion was so large I could not find it for a long time.
“At last I found it, and was about to search for the chest, when I heard footsteps upon the stairs.
“I hid myself in a closet.
“Two footmen led in Baptiste, who was half drunk.
“He was laughing and hiccupping and singing by turns.