He left the door open now, so that Henry Bannerworth, when he had got on some articles of dress, walked in at once, saying,—
“What has happened, Charles?”
“A mere trifle, Henry, concerning which I am ashamed you should have been at all disturbed.”
“Never mind that, I was wakeful.”
“I heard a door open, which kept me listening, but I could not decide which door it was till I heard your voice in the corridor.”
“Well, it was this door; and I opened it twice in consequence of the repeated taps for admission that came to it; some one has been knocking at it, and, when I go to it, lo! I can see nobody.”
“Indeed!”
“Such is the case.”
“You surprise me.”
“I am very sorry to have disturbed you, because, upon such a ground, I do not feel that I ought to have done so; and, when I called out i
