He was only just in time.
‘Is it all right?’ said the lady.
‘Oh, yes, ma’m.’
‘You are sure?’
‘Yes, ma’m.’
‘Then it could not have been anything surely; I was dreaming. But it is no matter, you can go to bed again, Kitty. Dear me, what are you about now?’
Kitty had, in her half sleepy state, ran against the foot of the bed and shaken it well.
‘Eh? Oh, ma’m, I beg your pardon, I think I am a little drowsy, you see, ma’m.’
‘A little drowsy indeed! Plague take the girl, she is dead asleep. Go to bed directly.’
‘Yes, ma’m.’