Sally would take breakfast with her father in his room, see him off to the House with a question as to the progress made on Mama’s rescue, then, reassured on that point, would arrange her own calendar. She lacked no escort for any outing she cared to undertake, despite Miss Fawthrop’s defection. Mérigot was frequently at her door, and when he was not, and also frequently when he was, Degan was there to accompany her. With Mérigot she went to Vauxhall Gardens, to tour the Tower and see the wild beasts at Exeter Exchange, to browse around the shops and sip café au lait at La Forge while chatting to the émigrés. With Degan she went to hear her father speak in the House of Lords, to see St. Paul’s Cathedral, and to take tea with Lady Cork, whom she found très ennuyeuse. On her outings with Degan, she was required to make her own amusement, for after Notre Dame, she could not be impressed with the work of Monsieur Wren, and she could hear Papa speak any time. She pointed out, when he suggested that the many looks cast on them were due to her ensemble, that it was perhaps his own jacket of an uncompromising black and severe cut that caused the looks.
