The Withdrawing Room
“The Prince was singing along with the orchestra in an extempore serenade to the Queen, who was wearing a lovely frock and matching hat in moss green and looking quite lovely, terribly embarrassed, and tremendously gratified as who wouldn’t. Then Sarah realized the drumming noise she was hearing didn’t come from the orchestra accompanying His Royal Highness but from somebody’s loud tapping at her bedroom door.
She sat up, switched on the bed lamp, and snatched for her robe. The time, according t...o her alarm clock, was twenty-seven minutes past one.
“Who’s there? What’s the matter?”
“It’s me.” Charles must be badly shaken. “You better come. We got the fuzz downstairs.”
“The what? Oh, my God!”
Sarah couldn’t find the sleeves of her bathrobe, got her slippers on the wrong feet and had to change them, made an ineffectual sweep at her hair with a brush, then rushed downstairs. Police at this hour weren’t selling tickets to the Policemen’s Ball. Was it Uncle Jem?MoreLess
She sat up, switched on the bed lamp, and snatched for her robe. The time, according t...o her alarm clock, was twenty-seven minutes past one.
“Who’s there? What’s the matter?”
“It’s me.” Charles must be badly shaken. “You better come. We got the fuzz downstairs.”
“The what? Oh, my God!”
Sarah couldn’t find the sleeves of her bathrobe, got her slippers on the wrong feet and had to change them, made an ineffectual sweep at her hair with a brush, then rushed downstairs. Police at this hour weren’t selling tickets to the Policemen’s Ball. Was it Uncle Jem?MoreLess
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