Coming out of my slumber with that curious and not altogether pleasant sense of being stared at, I found his eyes fixed upon me, and noticed immediately about him the air of virtuous superiority which is assumed by all who have risen early, whether they have done so by choice or have been shaken awake.
"Hello," I said.

"Had breakfast ?" "No.

I thought we could breakfast together if you felt like getting up." Though the phraseology of this remark was unexceptionable, I knew what it meant.

What it really meant was: "Shame on you, lying there so lazy after sunup! Look at _me_, all dressed and ready to begin!" I arose at once.
For all that I don't like to get up early, it recalled old times, and was very pleasant, to be away with him again upon our travels; to be in a strange city and a strange hotel, preparing to set forth on explorations.

For he is the best, the most charming, the most observant of companions, and also one of the most patient.
That is one of his greatest qualities--his patience.