"You
should never leave your money in the hotel; you should always carry it
about with you--in little bags like this. See!"
Again she suddenly lifted the light alpaca skirt she was wearing, as she
had done before, in this very room, on the occasion of Sylvia's first
visit to the Chalet. "That is the way to carry money in a place like
this!" she said, smiling. "But now hurry, or all our evening will be
gone!"
They left the house, and hastened down the garden to the gate, where
L'Ami Fritz received his wife with a grumbling complaint that they had
been so long.
And he was right, for the Casino was very full. Sylvia made no attempt
to play. Somehow she did not care for the Club when Count Paul was not
there.
She was glad when she was at last able to leave the others for the Villa
du Lac.
Anna Wolsky accompanied her friend to the entrance of the Casino. The
Comte de Virieu was just coming in as Sylvia went out; bowing distantly
to the two ladies, he hurried through the vestibule towards the Club.
Sylvia's heart sank. Not even after spending a day with his beloved
sister could he resist the lure of play!
CHAPTER XI
During much of the night that followed Sylvia lay awake, her mind full of
the Comte de Virieu, and of the strange friendship which had sprung up
between them.
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