"No one," said the baron. "The idea occurred to us the other evening, at dinner."
"Before the servants?"
"There were only our two children. And even then ... no, Sophie and Henrietta were not at table, were they Suzanne?"
Madame d'Imblevalle reflected and declared:
"No, they had gone up to mademoiselle."
"Mademoiselle?" asked Shears.
"The governess, Alice Demun."
"Doesn't she have her meals with you?"
"No, she has them by herself, in her room."