"You heard the lady, let's make our way inside and get settled in," Clark said with a cheerful energy.

He was more delighted than he was showing. He'd confided in Karina the night before after he'd dropped Carolyn off at her hotel. The woman was not only fabulously rich, she was hungry to rub elbows with the intellectual elites in French society. She had no degrees of her own but she was responsible for sponsoring a number of scientific and socially significant projects. Not only did she fund them she did her best to actively participate where she could so her name would be associated with the ventures. So far...