She was pleased that Mrs.
Bailey was giving her a new guest, and it also amused her to observe
what prudes Englishwomen could be.
Fancy putting a man who had come all the way from England to see one, in
a pension situated at the other end of the town to where one was living
oneself!
CHAPTER XIX
William Chester, solicitor, and respected citizen of Market Dalling, felt
rather taken aback and bewildered as he joined the great stream of people
who were pouring out of the large suburban station of Lacville.
He had only arrived in Paris two hours before, and after a hasty dinner
at the Gare du Nord he had made inquiries as to his best way of reaching
Lacville. And then he was told, to his surprise, that from the very
station in which he found himself trains started every few minutes to
the spot for which he was bound.
"To-night," added the man of whom he had inquired, "there is a fine fete
at Lacville, including fireworks on the lake!"
Chester had imagined Sylvia to be staying in a quiet village or little
country town. That was the impression her brief letters to him had
conveyed, and he was astonished to hear that Lacville maintained so large
and constant a train service.
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