The Encounter 9-01-09

While Anne was at the party she decided to go downstairs to look for people that she knew. The Mary couple found her and they had a brief discussion over the probabilities of winning roulette. Right after talking to Hal she meets with the spy Karl Voss, whom she doesn't know is a spy, and she seems to like him a lot and sounds as if she is anxious to see him again. This makes me wonder what she'll do when, or if, she finds out he's also a spy, but for the Axis Power.

Smuggling 8/31/09

During the party, Anne eavesdrops on Mr. Wilshire and Beecham Lazard. They talk about their importing of products and give off signs that they're smuggling in the products without paying taxes. Mrs Wilshire finds Anne and gets mad, not because of her eavesdropping, but beacause she believes that Anne is having an affair with Mr. Wilshire. This makes me feel really bad for Mrs. Wilshire because her husband might be a crook and she knows that he's up to something, but they keep thinking that she's completely insane.

The Beach

Anne goes to the beach right after horseback riding with Mr. Wilshire and while she is enjoying her time there she meets Mary and Hal, an American couple, and has a conversation about Judy Laverne, Mr. Wilshire's previous maid, and her being deported by the Nazis. During their conversation Anne finds out that Mr. Wilshire was having an affair with Judy and that possibly Beecham Lazard, a well respected man, had something to do with the deportation.

When I read that Mr. Wilshire was having an affair it made me angry at him because at home his wife is going mentally insane. It also seemed pretty suspicious to me that Beecham would try to deport Judy because he and Mr. Wilshire are very good friends.