The Signal

The SignalRibald ClassicThe lovely marchioness de Rennedon was still asleep in her dark and perfumed bedroom.In her soft, low bed between sheets of delicate cambric, fine as lace and caressing as a kiss, she was sleeping alone and tranquil, the happy and profound sleep of a divorced woman.She was awakened by loud voices in the drawing room and she recognized her dear friend, the Baroness de Grangerie, who was disputing with the lady's maid because the latter would not allow her to go into the ma...