Her hotel was remarkably sumptuous, and while the most part of the English had quit, or were about to quit, France on account of the war, Milady had just been laying out much money upon her residence; which proved that the general measure which drove the English from France did not affect her.
Haar hotel was buitengewoon prachtig, en hoewel de meeste Engelschen, door den oorlog verjaagd, _Frankrijk_ verlieten, of gereed waren het te verlaten, had milady aan haar huis nieuwe onkosten gemaakt, hetgeen bewees, dat de algemeene maatregel, die de Engelschen deed vertrekken, haar niet aanging.