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

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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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ex_the_ambas216
2008-04-29 09:05 pm UTC (link)

Léon inclined his head, "Is that not what all human beings deserve, sir? The same chance as their fellows, and the same opportunities as their brothers? The quality of a man's soul is not based on the wealth of his parents, or how soft the fabric of their clothes."

"In England, they think a man who thinks such things is mad. Or French. But more likely he is both. Is that your opinion?"

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	blakethesecond 2008-04-29 10:06 pm UTC (link)
	"I heartily agree with your sentiment," said Christopher carefully, "and I house several more who share the same mindset. It is those who expect poorer families to settle to a life of slavery and ill treatment that are mad, sir, for they do not even realise they are slaves themselves." (Replies frozen) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_the_ambas216 2008-04-30 05:53 pm UTC (link)
	"Slaves at least to their habits and vices, my lord." He says, agreeing wholeheartedly. "It is a slavery of the soul, rather than that of the body. The worst kind." He pauses, draining his glass. "You house like-minded people? I am surprised, I did not think there were more than one or two individuals in England were so enlightened." (Replies frozen) (Parent) (Thread)

	blakethesecond 2008-04-30 05:59 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh, they are not from England," he said poignantly, giving the Ambassador a rather significant look and paused so that his words had the chance to sink in and make their mark. "But you are right. England has very few people who would support the cause as readily as I do." (Replies frozen) (Parent)

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