She had sweptsweepthe hearth , and mademakea bright blazing firefirefor our reception ; the servant had just broughtbringin the tea-tray ; and Rose was producingproducethe sugar-basin and tea-caddy from the cupboard in the black oak side-board , that shoneshinelike polished ebony , in the cheerful parlour twilight .
His excellency , having mountedmounton the small of my right leg , advancedadvancedforwards up to my face , with about a dozen of his retinue ; and producingproducehis credentials under the signet royal , which he appliedapplyclose to my eyes , spokespeakabout ten minutes without any signs of anger , but with a kind of determinate resolution , often pointingpointforwards , which , as I afterwards foundfind, was towards the capital city , about half a mile distant ; whither it was agreedagreeby his majesty in council that I must be conveyed .