The Misery of a Host

'I'm sure you cannot help being good-hearted,' he says to his host. 'Do point out some landmarks by which I may know my way home.' She replies: 'It is brief advice, but as sound as I can give.'""'Then, if you hear of me being discovered dead in a bog "'or a pit full of snow, your conscience won't whisper,'" that it is partly your fault', writes the writer.