That is more than the last person who left the Pension Malfait in a hurry troubled to do!" "But is it not extraordinary that she left her luggage, and that she did not even tell you where she was going ?" repeated Sylvia in a worried, dissatisfied tone.
"Pardon me, Madame, that is not strange at all! Madame Wolsky probably went off to Paris without knowing exactly where she meant to stay, and no one wants to take luggage with them when they are looking round for an hotel.

I am expecting at any moment to receive a telegram telling me where to send the luggage.

You, Madame, if you permit me to say so, have not had my experience--my experience, I mean, in the matter of ladies who play at the Lacville Casino." There was still a tone of covert insolence in her voice, and she went on, "True, Madame Wolsky has not behaved as badly as she might have done.
Still, you must admit that it is rather inconsiderate of her, after engaging the room for the whole of the month of August, to go off like this!" Madame Malfait felt thoroughly incensed, and did not trouble to conceal the fact.

But as Mrs.Bailey at last began walking towards the front door, the landlady of the pension hurried after her.
"Madame will not say too much about her friend's departure, will she ?" she said more graciously.

"I do not want any embarrassments with the police.