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Promise!" "I suppose you mean that I must agree to please you by wild guessing about events that may turn out quite differently." "Candid, I said." "Yes--that most certainly." "In the first place, may we go into the fresh air?
I must have slept many hours.

What time is it ?" "About seven o'clock." "Seven! Have I been lying here since goodness knows what time this morning ?" "You were thoroughly used up," he said, and he added, with a laugh: "If it is any consolation, I may tell you that, to the best of my belief, you never moved nor uttered a sound." "For instance, I didn't snore," she cried, rising to her feet, and thanking the kindly night that veiled her untidiness.
"I--don't--think so." "Oh, please be more positive than that.

You send a cold shiver down my back." "Several members of the _Andromeda's_ crew also indulged in a prolonged siesta," he said.