He has money, and he is always gay." "And Mademoiselle Alice ?" "Who knows ?" was the somewhat pointless reply.

"She came from America.
She arrived here this season with Monsieur le General." "What General ?" Norgate asked.

"A Belgian ?" "But no," his companion corrected.

"All the world knows that Alice is the friend of General le Foys, chief of the staff in Paris.

He is a very great soldier.