Nurse seemed pleased at her appreciation.
She would have withdrawn politely while Larisa ate but instead Larisa indicated a chair at the table and said,
“Please sit down and talk to me. There is so much I want to hear.”
Nurse looked surprised and she added,
“Unless of course you are waiting for your own supper?”
“No indeed,” the nurse answered, “we have ours later after the dining room has finished.”
“The dining room are eating now?” Larisa enquired.
Nurse nodded.
“Then Monsieur le Comte will not be sending for me until after he has finished,” Larisa said, “so do please stay with me.”
She saw that the old nurse was pleased with the invitation and guessed that previous governesses had tried to prove themselves very superior from the moment of their arrival.
Having had a nurse of h
