Something seemed to fall across this tumult, a door suddenly closed.
Graham moved his head.

"What does this all mean ?" he said slowly.
"Where am I ?" He saw the red-haired man who had been first to discover him.

A voice seemed to be asking what he had said, and was abruptly stilled.
The man in violet answered in a soft voice, speaking English with a slightly foreign accent, or so at least it seemed to the Sleeper's ears.
"You are quite safe.

You were brought hither from where you fell asleep.
It is quite safe.

You have been here some time--sleeping.