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Fairy tale setting and strange welcome in French villa
Giles follows Madame Vervier and Alix to a sunlit seaside villa where a regal Monsieur de Maubert surveys him and Alix. The rooms smell of beeswax and linen as Giles contemplates a life far from England, while Alix insists she is happy and will never forget him.
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Giles
Madame Vervier
Alix
Monsieur Maubert
Oxford
Monsieur de Maubert
Monseur de Maubert
Madame Verveir
Gilea
Albertine
Dieppe
Circe
England