d then a mans voiceforeign, polite:

With the greatest of pleasure, Madame.

Jane stole a glance out of the corner of her eye.

A little elderly man with large moustaches and an egg-shaped head was politely moving himself and his belongings from the seat corresponding to Janes on the opposite side of the gangway.

Jane turned her head slightly and got a view of the two women whose unexpected meeting had occasioned this polite action on the strangers part. The mention of Le Pinet had stimulated her curiosity, for Jane also had be