“You live here, then.”
“Yes, sir.”
“Since when?”
“For the last ten years.”
“How did you come to nurse me?”
“If you will step upstairs I will tell you.”
Her story was as follows:
“Madam sent for me in haste, and told me to go and attend to you as if it were herself. She told me to say that the doctor had sent me if you asked any questions.”
“The doctor said he didn’t know you.”
“Perhaps he was speaking the truth, but most likely he had received orders from madam. That’s all I know, but I wonder you haven’t seen her at Aix.”