"Why, I sleep with my window open--at least that much." She held out her two forefingers some six inches apart.

"The baroness did not like it.

She said it was very dangerous and would give me the chills.

But Doctor Arbuthnot said that it must be open.

I think I sleep better." "We have our bedroom windows as wide open as they'll go; and then they're not wide enough in this hot weather," said Erebus in the tone of superiority that was beginning to sound galling.
"I think if you took off your hat and jacket, you'd be cooler still," said the Terror rather quickly.
The princess hesitated a moment; then obediently she took off her hat and jacket, and breathed another soft sigh of pleasure.