[From Out the Vasty Deep by Mrs. Belloc Lowndes]@TWC D-Link bookFrom Out the Vasty Deep CHAPTER XVIII 3/14
"And a very proper bird, too. I suppose you thought you mustn't come into my room in a dressing-gown ?" "I haven't slept all night," he said stiffly.
"So I got up an hour ago. I came and looked in here, as a matter of fact, on my way to the bathroom.
But you were asleep.
And then, after I was dressed, I went down to the kitchen, and made myself a cup of tea.
I thought I'd make one for you, too, just on chance." He came up close to her, and Bubbles, shaking back her short curly hair, took the cup from him.
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