At one o'clock Colonel Sapt came out. "Go to bed till six," said he to Bernenstein.
"I am not sleepy."
"No, but you will be at eight if you don't sleep now."
"Is the Queen coming out, Colonel?"
"In a minute, Lieutenant."
"I should like to kiss her hand."
"Well, if you think it worth waiting a quarter of an hour for," said Sapt, with a slight smile.
"You said a minute, sir."
"So did she," answered the Constable.
(from Rupert of Hentzau, by Anthony Hope)
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