hotel. What did you say was the number of the room, mademoiselle?
Miss Day: No. 342.
Clerk: But I do not understand, mademoiselle, for No. 342 has been taken by Monsieur Ley. He often stays at the hotel. He is a very good friend of ours.
Miss Day: But I did register here yesterday evening with my mother. I demand to see the registration papers which were filled in by people yesterday.
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Clerk: As you wish, mademoiselle, but you will certainly find that you have not registered here.
She goes through the previous day's registration papers several times, but fails to find those filled in by her mother and herself.
Clerk: Is mademoiselle satisfied now?
Miss Day: No, I am far from satisfied. As a matter of fact, you were the one that gave us the papers to fill in. I remember you quite distinctly on account of that ring you have on your finger with the blood-red stone in it.
Monsieur Ley [
mə
sja lei]
Previous
[
pri:jvə
s] day = day before
As a matter of fact = in reality
Clerk: But I never saw mademoiselle be- fore in my life. Perhaps mademoiselle is not well; it is very hot to-day.
Miss Day: My mother wasn't well this
Call =
come morning, so I made the manager arrange for the doctor to call and see her. Both the doctor and the manager will remember me. Will you please call the manager?
Clerk (speaking in a tone of resignation): If you think it will help, mademoiselle, I will
call the manager.
The clerk returns with the manager, who does not seem to recognize her either.
Bates (to Miss Day): Don't you think the Be in charge of doctor who is in charge of your mother would = look after recognize you?
(To the manager.) Perhaps I
had better
introduce myself - John Bates, a sec-
retary of the British Embassy here. I think that I must insist that you call the doctor.
After a twenty minutes' wait the doctor appears,
Doctor: I understand that mademoiselle and monsieur wish to see me. In what way can I be of assistance to you?
Miss Day: Oh, doctor, I have now got the medicine for mother. Have you seen her again? Can you tell me how long it will be before we're able to continue our journey to England? I don't understand these people at the hotel. They say they have never seen me before. Tell them, doctor, that they are wrong. Tell them that you saw my mother in room 342 this morning, and then sent me to your house for some medicine for her.
Doctor: I think you must be suffering from the heat. Perhaps I could arrange to get something for you. You are looking extremely white and nervous.
Miss Day: But, doctor, what about my mother? Don't worry about me! How's my mother? Will it be neces
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