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"But--but--"

"Close yourto resemble a fish"

"But you have told ain, that the halled andsound "A lady cannot take it upon herself to occasionally change her routine? All routines need periodic readjusted to shut her

"Iher ar for?"

Elizabeth, who had been tossing bewildered glances around the room, replied, "A ventriloquist These words couldn't possibly be co afternoon naps to be prodigiously refreshing"

"But the one you took the other day--your single previous nap since childhood, I "

"Hmmph Maybe it was Maybe it wasn't"

"It was"

"It would have been better in the afternoon"

Elizabeth had no idea how to argue against such illogic, so she just threw up her arms and said, "I'll leave you to your sleep, then"

"Yes Do that And shut the door behind you I'ine you'd require anything less"

"Sly girl Where is all this cheek co look "You know very well it coood job ofyou, aren't I?"

"God help me," Elizabeth muttered

"I heard that!"

"I don't suppose there is any chance that your hearing will be the first of your senses to go"

Lady Danbury laughed out loud at that one "You do kno to entertain an old lady, Elizabeth Hotchkiss Don't think I don't appreciate that I do care for you a great deal"

Elizabeth blinked in surprise at Lady D's uncharacteristic show of sentimentality "Why, thank you"

"I'arded the small watch she wore around her neck on a chain "I believe I'd like to be roused in seventy minutes"

"Seventy minutes?" Where on earth did Lady D coh, but I'm far too busy to waste an hour and a half Besides," Lady Danbury added with a sly look, "I like to keep you on your toes"

"Of that," Elizabeth muttered, "I have no doubt"

"Seventy minutes, then And not a moment sooner"

Elizabeth shook her head in ah, she turned around and asked, "Are you sure you're feeling well?"