Sprowle stated the case strongly.
The Colonel said he did n't know how that might be. She was a better
judge than he was. It was bother enough, anyhow, and he was glad that it
was over. After this, the worthy pair commenced preparations for
rejoining the waking world, and in due time proceeded downstairs.
Everybody was late that morning, and nothing had got put to rights. The
house looked as if a small army had been quartered in it over night. The
tables were of course in huge disorder, after the protracted assault they
had undergone. There had been a great battle evidently, and it had gone
against the provisions. Some points had been stormed, and all their
defences annihilated, but here and there were centres of resistance which
had held out against all attacks,--large rounds of beef, and solid
loaves of cake, against which the inexperienced had wasted their energies
in the enthusiasm of youth or uninformed maturity, while the
longer-headed guests were making discoveries of "shell-oysters" and
"patridges" and similar delicacies.
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