Knox to be present at the interview."
"Oh," said the Inspector, lowering his chin, "I see. Oh, very well."
CHAPTER XXVI
IN MADAME'S ROOM
Madame de Staemer's apartment was a large and elegant one. From the
window-drapings, which were of some light, figured satiny material, to
the bed-cover, the lampshades and the carpet, it was French. Faintly
perfumed, and decorated with many bowls of roses, it reflected, in its
ornaments, its pictures, its slender-legged furniture, the personality
of the occupant. In a large, high bed, reclining amidst a number of
silken pillows, lay Madame de Staemer. The theme of the room was violet
and silver, and to this everything conformed. The toilet service was of
dull silver and violet enamel. The mirrors and some of the pictures had
dull silver frames, There was nothing tawdry or glittering. The bed
itself, which I thought resembled a bed of state, was of the same dull
silver, with a coverlet of delicate violet I hue. But Madame's
decollete robe was trimmed with white fur, so that her hair, dressed
high upon her head, seemed to be of silver, too.
Reclining there upon her pillows, she looked like some grande dame of
that France which was swept away by the Revolution.
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