CHAPTER VII.
Two hours later Sylvia Bailey was having luncheon with Anna Wolsky in the Pension Malfait.
The two hostelries, hers and Anna's, were in almost absurd contrast the one to the other.

At the Villa du Lac everything was spacious, luxurious, and quiet.

M.Polperro's clients spent, or so Sylvia supposed, much of their time in their own rooms upstairs, or else in the Casino, while many of them had their own motors, and went out on long excursions.

They were cosmopolitans, and among them were a number of Russians.
Here at the Pension Malfait, the clientele was French.

All was loud talking, bustle, and laughter.