“Our first meeting is—on the knees of the gods,” murmured Virginia.
And then Frau Yorvan came into the room with a soufflé.
CHAPTER III
A CHAMOIS HUNTER
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This is perfectly appalling!” groaned the unfortunate lady who passed, for this adventure, under the name of Miss Manchester.
“Perfectly glorious!” amended her companion.
The elder lady pressed Baedeker to her bosom, and sat down, with some abruptness. “I shall have to stop here,” she panted, “all the rest of my life, and have my meals and my night things sent up. I’m very sorry. But I’m certain I shall never be able to go back.”