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The public , too , had its rights , he concluded , and the woman as a woman had her rights also to her good fame . He must not harm her name . Best then , to disarm suspicion by playing the game wholly in the open . The midday meal now being announced by loud proclamation of the boat 's gong , he turned , and soon rapped at the door of room nineteen . Jeanne , the tearful but faithful maid who shared her mistress ' fortunes , by this time had done what she could to mend her lady 's appearance . The traces of travel had been quite removed , by virtue of the contents of such valises as they had with them . Good health and youth , as well as good courage , fought for Josephine St. Auban , as well as good sense and a philosophy of travel learned by experiences in other lands .