They were good rooms, perhaps with an excess of gilt and glass after the continental fashion, but they were comfortable, and John said to Julie: "Maybe you'd like to remain here a half-hour or so, while Antoine and I choose a place for ourselves.

It's best that the members of our party remain close together in view of possible emergencies." "Yes, Suzanne and I will stay," said Julie.

"I felt no weariness a few moments ago, but I've grown suddenly tired.

A short rest will restore me." "Very well," said John.

"I bid you a brief _au revoir_, and when you hear a knock on your sitting-room door don't be alarmed, because it will be Antoine and I returning.