Chapter 32: (Anne’s Narrative Resumed)

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​⁠I had great trouble with Suzanne. She argued, she pleaded, she even wept before she would let me carry out my plan. But in the end I got my own way. She promised to carry out my instructions to the letter and came down to the station to bid me a tearful farewell.

I arrived at my destination the following morning early. I was met by a short black-bearded Dutchman whom I had never seen before. He had