He regretted to hear that Mr.Francis Westwick had, like other members of the family, discovered serious sources of discomfort in the new hotel.

He had been informed in strict confidence of Mr.Westwick's extraordinary objection to the atmosphere of the bedroom upstairs.

Without presuming to discuss the matter, he must beg to be excused from reserving the room for Mr.Westwick after what had happened.
Francis answered sharply, a little ruffled by the tone in which the manager had spoken to him.

'I might, very possibly, have declined to sleep in the room, if you had reserved it,' he said.

'Do you wish me to leave the hotel ?' The manager saw the error that he had committed, and hastened to repair it.