When dinner was finished and they had moved into the salon, Syrilla said to the Duc,
,“Please tell me, Monseigneur, what you have done.”
Monseigneur,He knew what she referred to and, sitting down in a chair, he then told her,
“I dismissed the Manager of the vineyard and my Agent. They were both well aware of what was happening at Tauxise.”
“I am so glad,” Syrilla said. “I cannot bear to think of how those poor people must have suffered and there might well be others like them.”
“I will take good care that this never occurs again,” the Duc said firmly. “The Manager came to us from Bordeaux with a very big reputation, but I think in future I would be wise to entrust my vines to a local man who understands Touraine and our particular requirements.”
“Papa always says that people who unde
