"Forgive me!" cried the Polish woman, suddenly softening. "I ought not to
have said that to you, dear little friend. No doubt we should all have
lost just the same. You know that fortune-teller told me that I should
make plenty of money--well, even now I have had a splendid day!"
"Do come back with me and have dinner at the Villa du Lac," said Sylvia
eagerly.
They shook hands with the Wachners, and as they walked the short distance
from the Casino to the villa, Sylvia told Anna all about her visit to the
Chalet des Muguets.
"They seem nice homely people," she said, "and Madame Wachner was really
very kind."
"Yes, no doubt; but she is a very strict wife," answered Anna smiling.
"The poor man had not one penny piece till she came in, and he got so
angry and impatient waiting for her! I really felt inclined to lend him
a little money; but I have made it a rule never to lend money in a
Casino; it only leads to unpleasantness afterwards."
In the hall of the Villa du Lac the Comte de Virieu was standing reading
a paper. He was dressed for dinner, and he bowed distantly as the two
ladies came in.
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