Chapter Seventy One

He motioned to four young women who were stood at the bottom of the steps dressed in old-fashioned black and white uniforms they hurried across to stand next to the stern man,

‘Gertrude, Emma, Lila und Clara führen Sie zu Ihrer Suite und sorgen dafür, dass Ihr Aufenthalt bei uns zu einem wunderbaren Erlebnis wird.’ [Gertrude, Emma, Lila and Clara will show you to your suite and make sure your stay here with us is a wonderful experience.]

The four young women smiled shyly at her and bobbed a curtsey,

‘"Bitte kommen Sie mit uns, Mylady.’ [Please come with us, My Lady.]

Clara indicated she followed them and they showed her to a magnificent suite of rooms, she had a bedroom, complete with an antique four-poster bed, and a sitting room with stunning floor-to-ceiling windows that opened onto a large balcony overlooking the sea. Then there was an ensuite, with a jacuzzi bath and a shower that looked like a space capsule, it was all finished tastefully in the palest lemons and blues with acc