15/17 "Your father, for instance ?" "Is this going to be a pill for you ?" she enquired, with slightly wrinkled forehead. "He was professor of English at Dresden University. He died there, the week after peace was declared. My mother still lives at Versailles. She was governess to Lady Clanarton's grandchildren, hence my presence yesterday in those aristocratic circles." "And you live here alone ?" "With my secretary--the fuzzyhaired young person who was just getting rid of Mr.Miller for me when you arrived. |