"One must bargain. There is no other way.… Promise!"
"I suppose you mean that I must agree to please you by wild guessing about events that may turn out quite differently."
"Candid, I said."
"Yes—that most certainly."
"In the first place, may we go into the fresh air? I must have slept many hours. What time is it?"
"About seven o'clock."
"Seven! Have I been lying here since goodness knows what time this morning?"
"You were thoroughly used up," he said, and he added, with a laugh: "If it is any consolation, I may tell you that, to the best of my belief, you never moved nor uttered a sound."
"For instance, I didn't snore," she cried, rising to her feet, and thanking the kindly night that veiled her untidiness.
"I—don't—think so."