The End of Her Honeymoon, Marie Belloc Lowndes [desktop ebook reader .TXT] 📗

Madame Poulain, turning a key, revealed a large roomy space now fitted upas a cupboard. "It's a way through into our bedroom, monsieur," she saidsmiling. "We could not of course allow our daughter to be far fromourselves."

And Dampier nodded. He knew the ways of French people and sympathised withthose ways.

He stepped up into the cupboard, curious to see if this too had been apowdering closet, and if that were so if the old panelling andornamentation had remained in their original condition.

Thus for a moment was Dampier concealed from those in the room. And duringthat moment there came the sound of footsteps on the staircase, followed bythe sudden appearance on the landing outside the open door of the curiouslittle apartment of two tall figures--a girl in a lace opera cloak, and ayoung man in evening dress.

Nancy Dampier, gazing at them, a little surprised at the abrupt apparition,told herself that they must be