I must say that it doesn't seem as far from the chateau to the bungalow as it does from the bungalow to the chateau.

There have been times when the chateau seemed to be thousands of miles away." "When in reality it was at your very feet," she said with a bright look into his eyes.

For some unaccountable reason, Genevra resented that look and speech.

Perhaps it was because she felt the rift of an undercurrent.
"Is that really where you live ?" she asked, so innocently that Chase had difficulty in controlling his expression.
At that instant something struck sharply against the stone column above Chase's head.

At least three persons saw the little puff of smoke in the hills far to the right.