22/44 He had not heard from his mother, Madame Lannes, or his sister, the beautiful Mademoiselle Julie, for a long time, and he seemed anxious about them." "He himself took Mademoiselle Julie back to Paris in the _Arrow,"_ said John. They arrived safely, as you know, but Lannes was compelled to leave immediately for the extreme western front. The operations there were continuous and so exacting that he has been unable to return to Paris. He has not heard from his mother and sister in more than two months, and his great anxiety about them is quite natural." "But since the retreat of the Germans there is no danger in Paris save from an occasional bomb." "No. |