He was telling the story to his friend Rodney, and of course everything was at a standstill until he got through.
It seems that Mr.Odell-Carney felt the need of a nap at three o'clock.
He gave strict injunctions that there was to be no noise in the halls while he slept, and then went into his room and stretched out.

Anyone who has stopped at the Hotel Four Seasons will have no difficulty in recalling the electric hall-bells which serve to attract the chambermaids to given spots.

If one needs the chambermaid, he presses the button in his room and a little bell in the hall tinkles furiously until she responds and shuts it off.

In that way one is sure that she has heard and is coming, a most admirable bit of German ingenuity.

If she happens to be taking her lunch at the time, the bell goes on ringing until she returns; it is a faithful bell.