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EN ROUTE
FERRAND – SEPTEMBER 1718
De Brangelton and I are on our merry way from Ferrand to Paris.
Antoine de la Fleure's letter to Laurent de la Fleure – 1718
Charlotte vaulted into the saddle and paused to look around the courtyard. The residence was organized for the family's absence. The doors, the windows, and the shutters were closed and the rooms locked, the valuables and important papers hidden, the instructions for the harvest and winter preparations given to Elder Jacques. The letters written to M. Louis and Mme. Constance explained that she had left home with a trusted associate of her father's to meet up with her parents in Paris, and she promised to write upon her arrival. Elder Jacques agreed to withhold the delivery of these letters till Sunday, when they would miss h
