"Yes, madam?"
"Try to find the door, and go and see what they're doing."
"Very good, madam."
With infinite care the butler emerged from the room. As the door closed—
"And now," said Adèle, "I can't bear it any longer. Where are the chocolates?"
"My dear," said my sister, "I've been feeling for the wretched things ever since the light went out. Hasn't anybody got a match?"
Nobody had a match.
At length——
"They can't have been put on the table," said Jill. "I've——"
"Here they are," said Berry.