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Dora the cook, about whose honesty Tony had had her doubts, was busy in the dining-room.
"Ask Madame Grünlich to come down," ordered the Consul. "Get yourself ready, my child," he said as Tony appeared. He went with her into the salon. "Get ready as soon as possible, and get Erica ready too. We are going to the city. We shall sleep tonight in a hotel and travel home tomorrow."