In this parlor our party gathered for a moment to consult. The delay of breakfast is sometimes felt as a calamity.
“Can we not procure even a cup of coffee for love or money?” inquired Dick.
The official was very sorry, but the head waiter would not rise till seven.
“Will you be so good as to send a chambermaid, then?” requested Anna.
He was very sorry, but he was afraid the chamber-maids were not yet stirring. The hour was early.
“So it is; and we must be reasonable. Servants must have their rest, you know,” said Drusilla, soothingly.
And the really obliging attendant smiled and bowed.
“Let us go to our rooms and make ourselves comfortable and lie down. Perhaps we shall sleep; at any rate, we shall rest. The two hours will soon pass,” continued Drusilla.
“No, no, no, no! No do ’leep!” objected the head of the family, who had had his own sleep out and had waked up hungry. “No do ’leep! More s’imp—more s’imp!”
“Poor little fellow, he is hungry,” sighed Drusilla.