Thereupon he went to the bed to lay hold of him and shake him.

But his searching hands found no Shargar.

Becoming alarmed, he ran down-stairs to beg a light from Betty.
When he reached the kitchen, he found Betty's nose as much in the air as its construction would permit.

For a hook-nosed animal, she certainly was the most harmless and ovine creature in the world, but this was a case in which feminine modesty was both concerned and aggrieved.

She showed her resentment no further, however, than by simply returning no answer in syllable, or sound, or motion, to Robert's request.