He felt that he was getting on with her very
slowly indeed, but he did not see how he could get on faster. Certainly not a gentlewoman. Ann Veronica decided she would have to go on with Capes another day,
and, looking up, discovered him sitting on a stool with his hands in his pockets
and his head a little on one side, regarding her with a thoughtful expression. ”
Capes had not quite the same power of recovery. His
shirt was unfastened, his vest unbuttoned, his hose ungartered; his feet were
stuck into a pair of pantoufles, his arms into a greasy flannel dressing-gown, his
head into a thrum-cap, the cap into a tie-periwig, and the wig into a gold-edged
hat. Jonathan cast a hasty glance around, to see that all was properly arranged for his
purpose; placed a chair with its back to the door; disposed the lights on the table
so as to throw the entrance of the room more into shadow; and then flung
himself into a seat to await Sir Rowland's arrival. . The vast heap of rubbish on the floor had been so materially increased
by the bricks and plaster thrown down in his attack upon the wall of the Red
Room, that it was with some difficulty he could find the blanket which was
almost buried beneath the pile. ‘I knew it.
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