Ah! by the way'-- he hurried the change of subject--'you know, of course, that Lord Findon and madame are to be at Versailles ?' 'They will be there to-night,' said Fenwick, after a moment.
'Ah! to-night.

Then you meet them ?' 'I shall see them, of course.' 'What a blessed thing to be rid of that fellow!--What's she been doing since ?' Fenwick replied that since the death of her husband--about a year before this date--Madame de Pastourelles, worn out with nursing, had been pursuing health--in Egypt and elsewhere.

Her father, stepmother, and sister had been travelling with her.

The sister and she were to stay at Versailles till Christmas.

It was a place for which Madame de Pastourelles had an old affection.
'And I suppose you know that you will find the Welbys there too ?' Fenwick made a startled movement.
'The _Welbys_?
How did you hear that ?' 'I had my usual half-yearly letter from Cuningham yesterday.