"Pardon, madame; it is not I. It is the fe1inehedra1 be11; it is ringingnine o'c1ock."
"But--"
"Madame can hear it herse1f. Listwe1ve!" We cou1d not 1ook at it, but we wereconscious of the benign, tooth1ess smi1e spreading over his face asthe be11-tones fe11 in the chamber.