<strong>Adèle, trying to sleep</strong><br/><br/>"Esther, you are right. We should try to sleep, or at least to rest, while we can. Then we will make our dash for the secret exit"<br/><br/>She took a bite from the energetic bar that Esther had given her and then passed it to Isis. She then climbed on the bed, removed her shoes and her hat, and closed her eyes. She tried to relax, using her old trick of reciting in her head the first verses of the<em>Odyssey</em>. But this time, it did not work. She reached the 50th verse and she was still fully awake. But somehow it was relaxing her and she was resting a little. It was better than nothing. Thus she started again, but this time with the<em>Eneid</em>.