It was in fact the proprietor who was the owner of the horses and carriage for which the Duke had been negotiating.
“As well as keeping an excellent and expensive table,” the Duke said, “our host sells and hires carriages, changes money and is said to have already made a fortune of over fifty thousand pounds.”
“How do you know all this?” Jabina asked.
“I travelled in France a great deal before the war. Everyone stays at Dessin’s, as it is more usually called. All the grand tourists make it their first port of call.”
Jabina looked around her with interest.
There were eight other Englishmen in the dining room, who had just crossed the Channel, and by eavesdropping on their conversation she gathered that they had come to France with the intention of travelling through Europe to Greece.
