4/26 She was evidently a fraud! But Anna Wolsky was staring at Madame Cagliostra with a serious look. "Very well! We will both take the Grand Jeu at fifteen francs the two." She turned and smiled at Sylvia. "It will be," she said, quaintly, and in English, "my 'treat,' dear friend." And then, as Sylvia shook her head decidedly--there were often these little contests of generosity between the two women--she added rather sharply, "Yes, yes! It shall be so. I insist! I see you do not believe in our hostess's gift. There are, however, one or two questions I must ask, and to which I fancy she can give me an answer. |