But since the girl is right to stick to her mistress, I will send
her the money--not as a loan to be paid back by Iris, but as a gift
from myself.'
"Therefore, my dear Fanny, stop in Paris for one night at least, and
learn what has been done if you can. Find out the nurse, and ask her
what really happened. With the knowledge that you already possess, it
will be hard, indeed, if we cannot arrive at the truth. There must be
people who supplied things to the cottage--the restaurant, the
_pharmacien,_ the laundress. See them all--you know them already, and
we will put the facts together. As for finding her ladyship, that will
depend entirely upon herself. I shall expect you back in about a week.
If anything happens here I shall be able to tell you when you arrive.
"Yours affectionately,
L. Vimpany."
This letter exactly coincided with Fanny's own views. The doctor was
now gone. She was pretty certain that he was not going to remain alone
in the cottage; and the suburb of Passy, though charming in many ways,
is not exactly the place for a man of Dr. Vimpany's temperament. She
would stay a day, or even two days or more, if necessary, at Passy. She
would make those inquiries.
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