I sat down to wait! The time dragged on slowly enough, as it might well have done under the circumstances.

I was waiting for something,--I had not the least idea what, or in what form it would arrive.

I heard the quarters chime one after the other until one o'clock.

Then at last I heard the sound of a key in the outer door of the suite.

I had already poured half the syphon of soda and a fair quantity of the whiskey out of the window.