Chapter SevenThe Marquis arrived at the Avenue de Friedland at eleven o’clock. As the footman let him into the hall, he saw a large number of trunks that he guessed must belong to Linetta.
“M’mselle asks you to wait in the smoking room, my Lord,” the footman said and led him into the room decorated in Oriental fashion where Linetta had been so surprised on her arrival to see cigarette holders.
He waited a few moments, gazing out of the window.
Then he heard Linetta come into the room and turned with a smile on his lips, which faded abruptly when he saw her.
It was not only the clothes she was wearing that told him that something was wrong but also the expression on her face.
“What has happened? Why are you dressed like that?” he enquired.
She walked slowly towards him and he saw that
