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Léon Belmont (ex_the_ambas216) wrote in toujoursliberer,
@ 2008-03-28 07:54:00

Entry tags:

ambassadors_ball, leon_belmont

An Invitation to the French Ambassador's Ball
Subject: The Ambassadors Ball
Where: The French Embassy
Who: Léon Belmont, the French Ambassador to the English court
Warnings: none as yet
Open to: All (all players may attend either as invited guests of the ambassador, as servants or guests of those invited, as staff, or as gate-crashers.)

The ballroom of the Embassy was already growing busy, and when Citizen Belmont paused for a moment besides one of the large windows, he could see yet more carriages pulling up outside, wreathed in the mist blowing in from the river.

The quartet had been playing now for a good half an hour, new French tunes as well as those the English favoured. His staff was busy handing out good French wine, and then refilling those glasses when they were drained.

It was going to be a good evening, and not only in the eyes of the party-goers. With some of England’s most prominent aristos on the guest list, and some than some newly arrived French nationals, tonight would be a night of information gathering, of sizing up the opposition, and perhaps even ensuring some of those French escapees were returned to face justice.

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madame_margot
2008-04-28 05:00 pm UTC (link)

"What strange things you ask, Mercedes," she smiles. "He cared for me when I was in need of help. Much like you did. Were I not married already, I shudder to think someone might ask me the same in regard to you." It's a roundabout way of answering, but it's necessary if someday she hopes to go through with her plan. She must be above suspicion - most of all around friends.

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	mercedes_dupont 2008-04-28 05:11 pm UTC (link)
	Mercedes laughs, "Madam, I have no doubt you would answer them rightly and put them at rest, should you be asked." He responds, smile wide. "But I understand it must be diffecult. All of us are trying to secure our positions in England. No one wishes to be sent back to face justice." (Replies frozen) (Parent) (Thread)

	madame_margot 2008-04-28 05:57 pm UTC (link)
	"Indeed, we must all survive somehow," she agrees with a sigh, eyes scanning the ballroom. "Sometimes, I wish I were born a man. Very rarely, of course. Then I recall that as a woman my sole responsability is to be pleasantly attired and bear my husband sons, and my mind is put at ease." (Replies frozen) (Parent) (Thread)

	mercedes_dupont 2008-04-28 06:19 pm UTC (link)
	"You do, Madam?" He shakes his head, "You are, madam, a most charming woman. I, and I am sure many many others, would not wish you to ever change." He says, gently patting her arm, "As a woman, madam, you may be more restricted, but in a strange way, you have more freedoms." (Replies frozen) (Parent) (Thread)

	madame_margot 2008-04-28 06:34 pm UTC (link)
	Marguerite nods, shying away from pressing such a point. "Rest assured, Mercedes, I doubt I could change my spots even if I tried. There is no use in dreaming the impossible. I'm quite satisfied with my life as it is. A loving husband at home and charming friends here!" (Replies frozen) (Parent)

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