“Yah,” muttered Hans. “I vos readiness alretty soon.”
“If you wish to send to the station for anything in the way of baggage I will call a man to attend to that.”
“There is nothing at the station that we shall need to-night,” said Frank. “We had better leave our stuff there. We have everything necessary for present wants in our hand bags.”
“Show them up, John.”
“Velly well, miss.”
They followed the Chinaman of the solemn and respectful manner and the limited vocabulary.
CHAPTER XIV
MATTERS OF UNCERTAINTY.
“Well, this is not half bad,” grunted Browning, as he stretched himself on one of the double beds which had delighted his eyes. “It’s a lot better than camping outdoors overnight.”
“Thou speakest truly, weary knight,” said Ready. “The prospect of a supperless bed on the greensward was not at all cheerful to me, and the lady with the somber drop curtain over her radiant features came to our rescue at the proper time.”