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CHAPTER XI GRAVITY OUT OF BED
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It is probable that Sir Archibald Roylance did not altogether believe Dickson's tale; it may be that he considered him an agreeable romancer, or a little mad, or no more than a relief to the tedium1 of a wet Sunday morning. But his incredulity did not survive one glance at Saskia as she stood in that bleak2 drawing-room among Victorian water-colours and faded chintzes. The young man's boyishness deserted3 him. He stopped short in his tracks, and made a profound and awkward bow. "I am at your service, Mademoiselle," he said, amazed at himself. The words seemed to have come out of a confused memory of plays and novels.
She inclined her head—a little on one side, and looked towards Dickson.
"Sir Archibald's going to do his best for us," said that squire4 of dames5. "I was telling him that we had had our breakfast."
"Let's get out of this sepulchre," said their host, who was recovering himself. "There's a roasting fire in my den6. Of course you'll have something to eat—hot coffee, anyhow—I've trained my cook to make coffee like a Frenchwoman. The housekeeper7 will take charge of you, if you want to tidy up, and you must excuse our ramshackle ways, please. I don't believe there's ever been a lady in this house before, you know."[Pg 210]
He led her to the smoking-room and ensconced her in the great chair by the fire. Smilingly she refused a series of offers which ranged from a sheepskin mantle8 which he had got in the Pamirs and which he thought might fit her, to hot whisky and water as a specific against a chill. But she accepted a pair of slippers
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