When Jacques Ségar returned to the Château after his déjeuner, he found the Earl sitting in the Comtesse’s bedroom.
déjeunerHe was looking at the ornate gold mirror with its Cupids and garlands.
He had told Hunt to bring in one of the smaller carpets from the room at the end of the corridor.
He had seated himself on a chair in the centre of it so that he could admire the mirror in comfort.
Hunt was still with him and, when Ségar came into the room, the Earl said to him,
“I like this mirror, but it will be difficult to convey it to England without damaging it.”
“It can be packed up,” Ségar replied.
“Can you do that adequately?” the Earl asked him.
He did not wait for the man to answer, but added somewhat contemptuously,
“I suppose that I shall have to pay more for the packing. It m
