I will be damned if I ever mix money matters and love affairs.
I will be damned if I ever mix money matters and love affairs.Francis de Brangelton to Henrietta d’Arringnon - 1694
The journey from Rennes to Paris in the company of her husband sorely tested the patience of Helene de Seveigney, Duchess de Montmurrant. Germaine had insisted on bringing several of his birds of prey, and he stopped to indulge in falconry every day the weather was mild. She almost wished for snow. By the time they reached Le Mans, Helene had retreated into her ledgers and talked of nothing but the household expenses; the subject was guaranteed to silence Germaine. In Chartres, she was desperately tempted to push him into the river L’Eure and leave him in town to recuperate.
Every step took her further away fro
