Chapter 23 A
Resurrection and a GhostIt was soon evident that the Princess
Y—— had taken her new maid into her confidence to a certain
extent.
She must have rung for Fauchette without my hearing anything,
for presently the door opened again, and I heard my assistant’s
voice.
As the result of a hurried consultation between the two women,
in which Fauchette played to perfection the part of a devoted maid
who is only desirous to anticipate the wishes of her mistress, it
was decided to wheel the sofa on which I lay into the oratory, and
to bring the wax dummy into the Princess’s bedroom, to lie in state
till the next day.
The arrangement did not take long to carry out.
Partly from what I was able to overhear, and partly from the
report afterward furnished to me by Fauchette, I a
