Arrival in Vienna

The party arrived at the Linienwall customs gate on the morning of August 3rd. Ahead of them in the line, a well-dressed French widow named Madame Geneviève Delacroix was being publicly humiliated by customs officials who had unpacked her belongings on the roadside, suspecting her of espionage over her dead husband’s French military medals. Adrien stepped out to assist in French. Colonel Moreau identified himself as a French war hero, which promptly escalated the situation. Both coaches were…