Roquebrune-Cap-Martin

She leaves, but not alone.

Princess Grace of Monaco, who was once a film actress named Grace Kelly, and who had witnessed the Stork Club night in nineteen fifty-one, finds her a villa in Roquebrune, on the hills above the sea, and helps her settle her children there.

She keeps working.

She has to.

There is a well-known photograph of her sitting on the back steps of the kitchen in the rain, wrapped in a blanket, refusing to leave.

She leaves, but not alone.

Princess Grace of Monaco, who was once a film actress named Grace Kelly, and who had witnessed the Stork Club night in 1951, finds her a villa in Roquebrune, on the hills above the sea, and helps her settle her children there.

She keeps working.

It was during the last act that Mrs. Cole-Mortimer gave her an invitation which she accepted joyfully.

"I've got a house at Cap Martin," said Mrs. Cole-Mortimer.

"It is only a tiny place, but I think you would rather like it.

I hate going to the Riviera alone, so if you care to come as my guest, I shall be most happy to chaperone you.

The casino disappointed her.

It was a place of plaster and stucco and did not seem built for permanent use.

They drove back part of the way they had come onto the peninsula of Cap Martin, and she had a glimpse of beautiful villas between the pines and queer little roads that led into mysterious dells.

Presently the car drew up before a good-looking house.