'Certainly not, sir! We will do our best to make you comfortable while you stay with us.

I beg your pardon, if I have said anything to offend you.

The reputation of an establishment like this is a matter of very serious importance.

May I hope that you will do us the great favour to say nothing about what has happened upstairs?
The two French gentlemen have kindly promised to keep it a secret.' This apology left Francis no polite alternative but to grant the manager's request.

'There is an end to the Countess's wild scheme,' he thought to himself, as he retired for the night.