Chester--was not that his name?--must not be cast down, for Mrs.
Bailey had secured a beautiful room for him in another pension, a very
inferior pension to the Villa du Lac, but still one in which he would be
comfortable.
Chester now felt annoyed, and showed it. The thought of turning out again
was not a pleasant one.
But what was this funny little Frenchman saying?
"Oh, if M'sieur had only arrived an hour ago! Madame Bailey was so
terribly disappointed not to see M'sieur at dinner! A very nice special
dinner was prepared, cooked by myself, in honour of Madame Bailey's
little party."
And he went on to tell Chester, who was getting bewildered with the
quick, eager talk, that this special dinner had been served at eight
o'clock, and that Madame Bailey had entertained two friends that evening.
"You say that Mrs. Bailey is at the Casino?"
"_Mais oui, M'sieur!_"
It had never occurred to Chester that there would be a Casino in the
place where Sylvia was spending the summer. But then everything at
Lacville, including the Villa du Lac, was utterly unlike what the English
lawyer had expected it to be.
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