The three Bern Senators, having no connections in Paris and seeing her as a lifeline, promptly bowed to Soleil: "Thank you, beautiful and kind lady, may Jesus bless you."
"This is what every righteous person would do," Soleil returned the salute and asked, "Do you know the true name of that fraud?"
Count Erlach shook his head.
"Do you know where he went?"
"..."
After a while, Soleil said helplessly, "I can ask my friends to look into whether there's been any fraud groups active recently. But with so few clues, I'm afraid..."
Count Erlach could sense from her words that she was a noblewoman of considerable status, so he hurriedly said:
"Honorable Miss Frey, if the money truly can't be recovered, so be it. As long as Bern can be annexed into France, even if it costs more money, that's fine."
Soleil replied apologetically, "I'm sorry, I know nothing about politics."
Count Erlach said hopefully, "If you could introduce us to Mr. Jean Sylvain Bailly, that would be a great help."
