19The next morning, the Bilsons left for Lela Vidal’s farm, for an all-day cheese-making workshop. Constance took the opportunity to tidy up the cottage a bit, although without Molly to oversee her work, the place was unlikely to end up dramatically cleaner. Constance had a way of rearranging dirt, Molly sometimes told her, which was not exactly the point of housekeeping. But slowly, the younger woman was improving under Molly’s tutelage in the ways of the mop.
Constance had a key to all the gîtes and she let herself in, hoping the Bilsons would prove to be on the neat side. She was quickly disappointed. Empty mugs sat on the coffee table and dirty dishes covered the dining table. A jumble of clothing was wadded up in a corner of the sofa, magazines on the floor, empty potato chip bags un
