When all was set to rights, I came down stairs again into the _basse cour_ with my _valet de place_, in order to sally out towards the tomb of the two lovers, &c. --and was a second time stopp'd at the gate----not by the ass--but by the person who struck him; and who, by that time, had taken possession (as is not uncommon after a defeat) of the very spot of ground where the ass stood.

When all was set to rights, I came downstairs again with my valet, in order to go out towards the tomb of the two lovers - and was a second time stopped at the gate - not by the ass - but by the person who struck him; standing on the very spot where the ass had stood.
