Mademoiselle Delande will receive you.

My daughter, of course, sees no one in my absence.

And you can inform Delhi secretly, guardedly, that Madame Berthe Louison is an art enthusiast, a Frenchwoman of rank and fortune, and one who, in her short stay, only studies the wonders of old Oude.

I don't want this damned pack of local lady-killers--the lobster-backs--to get after her.

Do you understand?
I'll have further use for you.