She asks the patronne about the incident, but Anne learns little until another customer invites her to sit down with him. |
The boy prays to the Virgin Mary, 'O Sainte Vierge, O ma patronne, Preservez-moi de ce danger. |
Two rooms were accessible from the tiny hall, but I entered the right one, and there by the window sat the patronne. |
The patronne says there is no need for a voiture en galrie, because monsieur must not take his trunks. |
The patronne is a motherly creature with half a dozen of her own brood. |
After lunch the patronne offered to show us some of the hotel rooms. |