_" Perhaps Anna had gone to Paris for the day to bank her
large winnings. "Then the lady was out?" she said to the man.
"The lady has left the Pension Malfait," he said, briefly. "She has gone
away."
"There must be some mistake!" Sylvia exclaimed, in French. "My friend
would never have left Lacville without telling me."
The commissionaire went on: "But I have brought back a motor-cab as
Madame directed me to do."
She paid him, and went downstairs hurriedly. What an extraordinary
mistake! It was out of the question that Anna should have left Lacville
without telling her; but as the motor was there she might as well drive
to the Pension Malfait and find out the meaning of the curt message, and
also why her own letter to Anna had been opened.
If Anna had gone into Paris for the day, the only thing to do was to go
for a drive alone. The prospect was not exhilarating, but it would be
better than staying indoors, or even in the garden by herself, all
afternoon.
Sylvia felt rather troubled and uncomfortable as she got into the open
motor. Somehow she had counted on seeing Anna to-day.
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