----------------------------------------- Paris, Île de la Cité, July 1799 -------
In
the end, Adeláire had retired to the round Gallery in the Café above the
training room, and was still pondering with anger in her stomach. Weapons and cloak
lay behind her on the table. She had turned the chair in the room to the window
with her feet supported on its ledge. The rocking and balancing seemed almost
like a reflection of her thoughts. She rolled back and forth, trying to fathom
the deeper cause of her rage.
