nearly midnight before
He stuck . The position was undignified , and conducive to weak and futile laughter . At last Parker had to leave the washing-up of the saucepans to come to the rescue , while the dog barked and imagined that he was attending a burglary . It was nearly midnight before we made our first acquaintance with an air-bed , and it took us until seven o'clock the next morning to get on to speaking terms with it . The air-bed , like the Bedlington terrier , must be approached with caution . Its manner is , to say the least of it , repellent . Unless the sleeper -LRB- save the mark ! -RRB-