"Who? Who? Mon Dieu, votre majesté, who can I ask? I do not know anyone here, I have one friend--one!--and it is her home more than it is mine. Eh bien, vous avez raison, it is a bad idea, I should not to bring someone here from there, I will not again. But to say have a Scottish guest, have a French guest, as if I can just do that, c'est de la folie!"

She puts her hands to her mouth as soon as the last words are out. "No, I..."