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I think it must have been near three when I retired. Once in bed, I slept so soundly that my servant's entrance the next morning failed to arouse me, and it was past nine when I awoke. I THINK IT MUST HAVE BEEN NEAR THREE WHEN I RETIRED ONCE IN BED I SLEPT SO SOUNDLY THAT MY SERVANT'S ENTRANCE THE NEXT MORNING FAILED TO AROUSE ME AND IT WAS PAST NINE WHEN I AWOKE
to see me, what a real delight it was to have got me at last under his roof, and what a good time we would have together, like the old days over again. He had sent my luggage up to my room, which was ready for me, and he bade me make haste and dress for dinner. So saying, he took me through a panelled hall up an oak staircase, and showed me my room, which, hurried as I was, I observed was hung with tapestry, and had a large fourpost bed, with velvet curtains, opposite the window. They had gone into dinner when I came down, despite all the haste I made in dressing; but a place had been kept for me next Lady Lynton. Besides my hosts, there were their two daughters, Colonel Lynton, a brother of Sir Francis, the chaplain, and some others whom I do not remember distinctly. After dinner there was some music in the hall, and a game of whist in the drawing-room, and after the ladies had gone upstairs, Lynton and I retired to the smoking-room, where we sat up talking the best part of the night.  BEGAN TO SAY HOW GLAD HE WAS TO SEE ME WHAT A REAL DELIGHT IT WAS TO HAVE GOT ME AT LAST UNDER HIS ROOF AND WHAT A GOOD TIME WE WOULD HAVE TOGETHER LIKE THE OLD DAYS OVER AGAIN HE HAD SENT MY LUGGAGE UP TO MY ROOM WHICH WAS READY FOR ME AND HE BADE ME MAKE HASTE AND DRESS FOR DINNER SO SAYING HE TOOK ME THROUGH A PANELLED HALL UP AN OAK STAIRCASE AND SHOWED ME MY ROOM WHICH HURRIED AS I WAS I OBSERVED WAS HUNG WITH TAPESTRY AND HAD A LARGE FOURPOST BED WITH VELVET CURTAINS OPPOSITE THE WINDOW THEY HAD GONE INTO DINNER WHEN I CAME DOWN DESPITE ALL THE HASTE I MADE IN DRESSING BUT A PLACE HAD BEEN KEPT FOR ME NEXT LADY LYNTON BESIDES MY HOSTS THERE WERE THEIR TWO DAUGHTERS COLONEL LYNTON A BROTHER OF SIR FRANCIS THE CHAPLAIN AND SOME OTHERS WHOM I DO NOT REMEMBER DISTINCTLY AFTER DINNER THERE WAS SOME MUSIC IN THE HALL AND A GAME OF WHIST IN THE DRAWING ROOM AND AFTER THE LADIES HAD GONE UPSTAIRS LYNTON AND I RETIRED TO THE SMOKING ROOM WHERE WE SAT UP TALKING THE BEST PART OF THE NIGHT
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