16/20 "It is there, close to you, not a hundred yards away. That big white house to our left." And then, with that love of giving information which possesses so many Frenchman, he added: "The Villa du Lac once belonged to the Marquis de Para, who was gentleman-in-waiting to the Empress Eugenie. He and his family lived on here long after the war, in fact"-- he lowered his voice--"till the Concession was granted to the Casino. You know what I mean? Since then the world of Lacville has become rather mixed, as I have reason to know, for my wife and I have lived here fifteen years. |