Oh, you need have no fear for your friend, sir; she is quite safe there.
And you know she does not often go to the Casino"--she told the lie with
bold deliberation. Some instinct told her that while Chester was at
Lacville Sylvia would not go to the Casino as often as she had been in
the habit of doing.
There was a pause--and then again Madame Wachner asked the Englishman a
question:
"Perhaps you will go on to Switzerland, leaving Mrs. Bailey here, and
then come back for her?"
"Perhaps I shall," he said heavily, without really thinking of what he
was saying.
They were now walking along broad, shady roads which reminded him of
those in a well-kept London suburb. Not a sound issued from any of the
houses which stood in gardens on either side, and in the moonlight he saw
that they were all closely shuttered. It might almost have been a little
township of empty houses.
Again the thought crossed his mind what a dangerous place these lonely
roads might be to a man carrying a lot of gold and notes on his person.
They had not met a single policeman, or, indeed, anyone, after they had
left the side of the lake.
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