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Chapter Four-2
Yvette had impressed upon the Marquis over and over again that she came from a family of the Ancien Régime. Ancien Régime.But her husband had had no choice but to fight for the ‘Corsican Corporal’, once he had seized power. “If Henri was alive,” she said, “he would have been so glad that the English won and that you, mon brave, had been recognised as a great soldier.” mon braveHer brother, the Comte, duly confirmed everything she said. He reiterated over and over again how, although they had luckily escaped the guillotine, their estates were all taken from them during the Revolution. “The rightful place for aristocrats now is England,” he said, “and that is where dearest Yvette wishes to live.” When he said this, he gave the Marquis a look that expressed better than words what he was
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