"Why, of course! Besides, you have only to look at him. He is the very image of the Comtesse Hermine!"
"Have you ever seen them together?"
"Upon my word, I can't remember. Why do you ask?"
Time was too precious for Paul to insist. The woman's opinion of the Comtesse Hermine did not matter much. He asked:
"She is staying at the prince's?"
"For the present, yes. The prince is on the first floor, at the back; she is on the same floor, but in front."
"If I let her know that Karl has had an accident and that he has sent me, his chauffeur, to tell her, will she see me?"
"Certainly."
"Does she know Karl's chauffeur, whose place I took?"
"No. He was a soldier whom Karl brought with him from Belgium."