Chapter ThreeThe Duchesse drove back to The Grand Hotel and told the Manager that she was leaving.
“That is very regrettable, madame,” he mouthed in consternation.
“I have found a house where I would like to stay for a few weeks because it is so quiet,” the Duchesse explained.
As the Manager still looked worried, she added,
“I am, of course, very grateful to you for the way that you have looked after me, but now I will inform my maid that I am leaving and when she has packed will you provide a carriage which will bring her to join me?”
“I will naturally do anything that Madame wishes,” the Manager responded.
The Duchesse, having tipped everyone most generously, drove back through the City to Felicita’s lodgings.
She was not surprised to find the girl waiting for her anxiously in the
