... o'clock in the morning, and all that he had to do then was to sweep out the three rooms, fetch water from the well in the courtyard below, light the fire in the iron stove which stood in my inner ... find out." "It is on the first floor, immediately facing the service staircase, and at the end of the long passage which leads to the main staircase." "Easy to find, then," ... to fresh air in a humble hostelry under the sign of the within two minutes of my entry into the room I was descending the service staircase quite unconcernedly, and had gone past the concierge's...