It's no use our worrying ourselves about her; besides, we're very comfortable here.

Why not stay just as we are ?" They stayed there.
But the archduke's impatience was slowly rising to a fury as the minutes that separated him from the one-fifteen slipped away.

At ten minutes to one he was seized by a sudden fresh fear lest the searchers should be so long returning as to make him late for lunch; and at once he despatched the chauffeur to find them and bring them without delay.
The chauffeur made no haste about it.

He had heard of the caves on Deeping Knoll and had always been curious to see them.

Besides, he made it a point of honor not to smoke on duty; he had not had a pipe in his mouth since eleven o'clock; and he felt now off duty.