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`` We will now bathe , '' repeated Archie . `` Go away , '' I said distinctly . Archie sat down on my knees and put his damp towel on my face . `` When my wife and I took this commodious residence for six weeks , '' he said , `` and engaged the sea at great expense to come up to its doors twice a day , it was on the distinct understanding that our guests should plunge into it punctually at seven o'clock every morning . '' `` Do n't be silly , it 's about three now . And I wish you 'd get off my knees . '' `` It 's a quarter-past seven . ''