When she asked a lift attendant for help, he phoned the resort office and asked the computer technicians to check the rosters at nearby chairlifts.
A lift attendant in uniform was in charge of what was most likely the first elevator in Bergen.
"When the skier attendance is lower than the number of lift attendants, it's time to close," said Orville Slutzky, general manager.
He turned to the lift attendant.
It was important, he said, not to go out smelling of wine: the lift attendants were very observant.
'How about taking me on as a lift attendant?'
The lift attendant there is unaware of any problems, saying that Graves, the Count's man, left half an hour earlier with no indication of anything wrong.
I suppose they'll be going for lift attendants if they get this idea through.
Like the tower, Saghol, the ground-floor lift attendant, had been cleaned up for the occasion.
By the time he reached home he was in the darkest of moods, scowling at the innocent lift attendant and slamming through his front door.