CHAPTER XXIX 222-227

Cholera in Russia--I hurry back to Roumania--I am put in quarantine on the frontier, and liberally disinfected--The soldier guard aims his gun at me--My Jewish room-mate and her obtrusive husband--She plays “patience” whilst he prays and expectorates--I get my release and send a military expedition in search of a mirror--Miss R. tries to escape from Russia--Her companion, a German engineer, develops cholera--The terrified peasants place them together in an empty cottage--The German dies--She finds when, after a terrifying experience, she reaches Bucarest her hair is snow white.