"Yes, and people. I'm sure you do. You'll like the Etang and the country round, but they won't."
"That's a detail," said I, "since this tour runs itself in the interests of the femme de chambre and the chauffeur."
"We're the only ones who have any interests that matter. It's all the same to them, really, where they go, if I take the car over good roads and land them at expensive hotels at night. But I'm not going to do that always. They've got to see the Gorge of the Tarn. They don't know that yet, but they have."
"And won't they like seeing it?"
"Lady Turnour will hate it."
"Then we may as well give it up. Her will is mightier than the sword."
"Once she's in, there'll be no turning back. She'll have to push on to the end."
"She mayn't consent to go in."
"Queen Margherita of Italy is said to have the idea of visiting the Tarn next summer. Think what it would mean to Lady Turnour to get the start of a queen!"
"You are Machiavelian! When did you have this inspiration?"