. Vernon's aunt : being the oriental experiences of Miss Lavinia Moffat . h less entertaining thanformerly, but I did not like to say so. Itmight be clue to illness. We arrived at thehotel, which had a wide verandah and shcv[3Sall round below, and Vernon took me upstairsto the rooms he had engaged. The placewas teeming with blacks, and I met onecoming out of my bedroom with an armful ofpillows. I immediately went back to thesitting-room and informed Vernon. What business has he in there ? I de-manded. Send him away, please, and ringfor the housemaid. X^ernon looked at me afraid this
. Vernon's aunt : being the oriental experiences of Miss Lavinia Moffat . h less entertaining thanformerly, but I did not like to say so. Itmight be clue to illness. We arrived at thehotel, which had a wide verandah and shcv[3Sall round below, and Vernon took me upstairsto the rooms he had engaged. The placewas teeming with blacks, and I met onecoming out of my bedroom with an armful ofpillows. I immediately went back to thesitting-room and informed Vernon. What business has he in there ? I de-manded. Send him away, please, and ringfor the housemaid. X^ernon looked at me afraid this is an affectation, he must know there are no housemaids is Pedro, a very good Portuguese boyindeed, and he will see to everything for will leave you now, as I am anxious to getthe mail. Tiffin is at two. He then wentaway and left me to my sensations. Theywere singular—my nephew had turned out D 34 VERNONS AUNT SO differently from what I expected. Iaccounted for it to myself in various ways,the most alarming of which was an idea \J\f ^^>^^. MET ONE COMING OUT OF MY BEDROOM. which continued to haunt me, that he hadbecome a Mahomedan, If that proved to bethe case, I determined to return to Englandat once. Pedro was still in the bedroom, VERNONS AUNT 35 beating pillows and walking about flickingthe dust off the furniture with a cloth—Imade up my mind that I would very sooncure him of f/iat trick—so to calm myself Ibegan to unpack a few things in the sitting-room. Where Vernon had picked up thoseimperative ways puzzled me more than any-thing. I may as well say here that thecommanding manner in other people issomething I am not accustomed to. I foundmy alpaca a good deal crushed, and was inthe act of shaking it out when I heard anexcited step at the door and a knock—one ofthose knocks which give upon your nerves,as the French say. I called out Come in ! and the door opened to disclose Vernon withhis hat on the side of his head, and everymark of ha
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