Map is taken from Cesar-Francois Cassini's Carte de Cassini (1789)
Adeline and Peter sail along the Rhone for "some hours," night falls, day breaks again, and they land in Savoy. Their passage along the river "soothed her mind" momentarily (235), but darkness reawakens her fears of "forlornness" (236).
The Rhone signifies safe passage and anonymity. La Motte, if he hadn't stayed in Lyon, would have embarked upon the Rhone to Geneva; and Adeline, who actually did the latter, was traced by the Marquis' servants to Lyon and only escaped because "it does not appear that [they] thought of seeking her" there (307).
As the edge of Savoy bordering France is quite large, and the Rhone follows it all the way to the Swiss border, it is uncertain exactly where Adeline would have landed. Presumably, however, as she was being pursued, she may have desired to disembark the vessel as soon as possible for foreign soil--placing her somewhere between St. Maurice and Yenne on the map above.
The Rhone signifies safe passage and anonymity. La Motte, if he hadn't stayed in Lyon, would have embarked upon the Rhone to Geneva; and Adeline, who actually did the latter, was traced by the Marquis' servants to Lyon and only escaped because "it does not appear that [they] thought of seeking her" there (307).
As the edge of Savoy bordering France is quite large, and the Rhone follows it all the way to the Swiss border, it is uncertain exactly where Adeline would have landed. Presumably, however, as she was being pursued, she may have desired to disembark the vessel as soon as possible for foreign soil--placing her somewhere between St. Maurice and Yenne on the map above.
