Chapter 36

"It was a very expensive process.... Five hundred francs--but I understand that Lady Beauvayse was so good as to insist on paying Wiber's charges herself." Saxham answered brusquely: "I would have given ten times the money to know my niece's hair unspoiled. Whoever paid, the process will prove an expensive one to Patrine when she finds herself excruciated by headaches, or when the colour changes--as it will by-and-by!" Mildred shrugged: "She can have it re-dipped, surely? Or let it return to its original black!"…