Now I must be off.

But I will see him first.

Will you show me his room ?" "He is asleep," objected Aubrey.

"Is it not a pity to disturb him ?" "I doubt his being asleep," replied Dick.

"But if he is, we shall not wake him." He stepped into the passage, his attitude one of uncompromising determination.
Aubrey Treherne opened the door of Ronnie's room.