Chapter 12

To-morrow she would walk once more about the romantic, clean, and noble city, look her last on the most lovely lake, visit the ice-cream café and perhaps go up Salève, which she had not yet had time to do. Or up the lake to Nyons. She would not visit the Assembly Hall or the Secretariat, for by those she encountered there she would be looked at askance. She had made a fool of herself and been made a fool of, and she had, it would be supposed, tried to make a fool of Committee 9 in order to spite Charles Wilbraham. She would be thought no gentleman, even no lady. And yet, did they but know it, she had accused Charles in good faith, though with such rancour as they would be amazed to know of, such rancour as Serb-Croat-Slovenes scarce feel against Albanians, or Bolsheviks against Bourgeoisie.

Miss Montana, past laughter, past tears, past sleep, and even now past hate, considered for a while where comfort could best be sought, then crept down the crazy winding staircase of her lodgings and so to the lake's edge. She would take a boat and have a last moonlight row.

51

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[Transcriber's Notes and Amendments:

In addition to the listed inconsistencies in hyphenation or spelling, nationalities in general are inconsistently hyphenated and were left as printed.

Hotel / Hôtel lake-side / lakeside world-platform / world platform Costa Rica / Costa-Rica Spanish American / Spanish-American(s) deputy-President / Deputy President / Deputy-President bookshop / book-shop / book shop motor launch / motor-launch gold-fish / goldfish Zeligowski / Zeligowsky Jugo-Slav / Yugo-Slav master criminals / master-criminals

The following is a list of corrections made to the original.

Ch. 4, p. 29, 'télégramme là' to 'télégramme-là'. ("Ce télégramme-là, celui qui dit 'j'ai traversé par là,)

Ch. 9, p. 44, added close double quote after 'ten-thirty'. (ten-thirty.")

Ch. 11, p. 56, 'If' to 'if'. ("if we're both going out to)

Ch. 11, p. 56, 'Wembly' to 'Wembley'. (Miss Doris Wembley looked at Beechtree)

Ch. 14, p. 65, added close double quote after 'everything'. (scarf--that is everything.")

Ch. 15, p. 75, added period after 'moment'. (moment. He was not fit)

Ch. 15, p. 78, 'Beech-tree' to 'Beechtree'. ("You don't drink this toast, Mr. Beechtree?")

Ch. 17, p. 94, changed nested double quotes to single quotes. ('those damned Red Indians.')

Ch. 22, p. 118, changed 'hwy' to 'why'. ("And why not?" inquired the Belfast voice)

Ch. 22, p. 121, added open double quote before 'There'. ("There were always elements of)

Ch. 23, p. 124, added close single quote after 'live!'. (would live!' Now, do I ask too much)

Ch. 23, p. 124, added open double quote before 'is'. (she added as she rose, "is)

Ch. 35, p. 168, changed 'news' to 'News'. (For men are not News.)

Ch. 39, p. 199, changed double quote to single quote. (Monday, 8 a.m., Bathe, Kra----')

Ch. 42, p. 214, added period after 'Mr'. ("And who, if I may ask, is Mr. Henry Beechtree?")

Ch. 43, p. 225, removed extra 'you' in 'you many of you'. (many of you know it and him)

Ch. 45, p. 231, changed 'Jaques' to 'Jacques'. (Jacques_. Pulling his soft hat over his eyes)

Ch. 46, p. 234, changed 'if' to 'it'. (What I do mind is that it isn't Wilbraham)

The following Italian errors have been retained:

Ch. 15, p. 78, retained 'Nel zuppo'. (In the soup, sure thing. Nel zuppo!)

Ch. 17, p. 97, retained 'chretiani'. (non son chretiani loro!")

Ch. 38, p. 187, retained 'Voul'. ("Voul scendere, forse?") ]