There was no light in any window but in his own, where his servant, Marnier, awaited him.

Wogan opened the door softly and found the porter asleep in his chair.

He stole upstairs and made his preparations.

These, however, were of the simplest kind, and consisted of half-a-dozen orders to Marnier and the getting into bed.

In the morning he woke before daybreak and found Marnier already up.