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+ | ====== The Fickleness of the Reading Public ====== | ||
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+ | "I usually associate with those of quality, which is how I came to write a book on the practices of the French court." | ||
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+ | Helping herself to several of Lady Alyssa' | ||
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+ | "My interest in the French monarchy was first awoken by Pierre, Marquis de Creme Brulee, (a distant cousin on the French side of the family) who spent an idyllic summer with Papa and I at Basingstoke one year. Pierre had spent some time in the court of the present King's father and painted such an interesting portrait of the goings on there that I felt obliged to write a small volume detailing the customs and habits of the French as a contribution to Anglo-French relations. Pierre was delighted." | ||
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+ | She adds in a confidential manner "I do think the old duck was rather taken with me. But, of course, at that time I was still mourning Vlad's tragic and rather inexplicable death. They were quite blunt tent pegs you know." | ||
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+ | "The interview was remarkably brief but I was delighted, if a little mystified, to find that the King was so taken with Fergus that he had not only appointed him Cultural Adviser, but as Grand Poohbah as well! Of course, after we entered the court as master and ahem wench, I understood why Fergus had made such a favourable impression. Whilst the old guard of the court tried to retain the high standards so described to me by Pierre, Louis XV was a great deal less cultivated than could perhaps be desired. Court conversation centred around the newest addition to the Kings antique collection of novelty codpieces and" Lady Kathryn clears her throat as her gaze involuntarily flickers towards the Marquise De Pommesfritte, | ||
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+ | "Out of respect for the late King, I did not include any of the additional material that I had gathered but I did keep the proofs in my bodice until the book was printed, which rendered them completely secure - if a little smudged. Initial sales were excellent, but did peter out after some critics suggested that the title for the book was a little misleading. But then, critics will be critics. I can hardly be expected to satisfy everyone." | ||
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