Count Olson and his son each owned a villa; Count Olson stayed in the villa on the right, while the left one, he proclaimed to the outside world, remained vacant in memory of his nephew who died young—Viscount Pello. That villa had been empty for over a decade; apart from the servants who came to clean regularly, only Count Olson himself had entered. Everyone else, Orleans included, was prohibited from entering.
In December, though the water in the swimming pool at Olson Manor hadn't frozen over, the estate's two masters no longer went for swims. In this season, it was expected that all summer activities should cease, and, as such, the interests of these idle and affluent aristocrats shifted to outdoor activities like skiing.
