Here he lay down in a
comfortable position, but would not allow Frederick to do more than
cover him up with a traveling rug. "Wake me at nine." And at this hour
he was wakened. He arose quickly and said: "Bring my breakfast."
"Her Ladyship is still asleep."
"But it is late. Has anything happened?"
"I don't know. I only know that Johanna had to sleep all night in her
Ladyship's room."
"Well, send Johanna to me then."
She came. She had the same rosy complexion as ever, and so seemed not
to have been specially upset by the events of the night.
"What is this I hear about her Ladyship? Frederick tells me something
happened and you slept in her room."
"Yes, Sir Baron. Her Ladyship rang three times in very quick
succession, and I thought at once it meant something. And it did, too.
She probably had a dream, or it may perhaps have been the other
thing."
"What other thing?"
"Oh, your Lordship knows, I believe."
"I know nothing. In any case we must put an end to it. And how did you
find her Ladyship?"
"She was beside herself and clung to Rollo's collar with all her
might. The dog was standing beside her Ladyship's bed and was
frightened also."
"And what had she dreamed, or, if you prefer, what had she heard or
seen? What did she say?"
"That it just slipped along close by her."
"What? Who?"
"The man from upstairs. The one from the social hall or from the small
chamber."
"Nonsense, I say. Over and over that same silly stuff.
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