"I think we've frightened yer fella enough fer one naight," Duncan declared. "I'll come back laiter and try ta' collect him for ye. It's not laik anyone's likely ta come by here and steal him away at this time of the naight."

Unless of course, they had by now woken up all the hotel, he mused, but he didn't say so.

To Rose he said: "Thank you. Let's try to do without the bath raight now. I've got ah idea he'll panic again if we put him in somethin' as narrow as a tub."

He crouched down besides the demon. "I'm going ta take ya over ta that guest room," he said. "I'd be obliged if ya'd not cause any problems on the stairs."