Chapter 12: The Allies

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​​​​⁠Seldom, if ever, has a more strangely assorted party met at dinner than that which gathered in the Hotel Kursaal under the social wing of Mrs. de la Vere. Her husband, while being coached in essentials, was the first to discover its incongruities.

"Where Miss Wynton is concerned, you are warned off," his wife told him dryly. "You must console yourself with Mrs. Badminton-Smythe. She will stand anyt