CHAPTER SIXThe Marquis did not go down the next day as he had intended.
Gustav was very firm in telling him it was a crazy idea.
“You knows as well as I do, monsieur, and every doctor will tell you that when you’ve been so very ill, you must sit in your room for a few days before you venture downstairs.”
He was so positive in what he was saying that the Marquis finally agreed.
He got out of bed, put on his dressing gown and went to sit in the window.
Rather surprisingly Gustav produced a very comfortable chair and a table, both rather outstanding pieces of furniture.
The Marquis was surprised that they had not been stolen along with everything else in the house.
However he ate his luncheon quietly in the sunshine.
Later in the afternoon, although he would not admit it, he was rathe
