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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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jacques_belmont
2008-05-02 09:43 pm UTC (link)

Jacques grinned. "It is a pleasure, citizen. I do regret hearing that you have suffered, however." He paused. "I hope it was not... unduly horrible. I have read things...." Jacques trailed off. "It does grieve me to hear that the excesses and oppression of the aristocracy occured on both sides of the Channel. I fear it may be too late to offer my assistance, but it is yours, if you find a use for it."

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	blakethesecond 2008-05-02 10:08 pm UTC (link)
	Christopher gave him a courteous bow, a smile on his face. "I appreciate that, sir. Though I may not require it now, who knows when I shall need your assistance in the future? It is true circumstance and family were not the best to me early in life. But I seek to rectify that now." (Replies frozen) (Parent) (Thread)

	jacques_belmont 2008-05-02 10:51 pm UTC (link)
	"I am sorry to hear it," Jacques said. He felt stirrings of honest concern. He knew the horrors of unhappy family life. "I do not mean to pry if it is a particularly painful subject, but, ah... you seek to rectify it?" (Replies frozen) (Parent) (Thread)

	blakethesecond 2008-05-02 11:16 pm UTC (link)
	"I intend to make sure that no-one experiences loss or pain such as I did, inflicted by the higher society which is supposed to be so highly regarded or esteemed. I mean no ill! Simply justice." (Replies frozen) (Parent) (Thread)

	jacques_belmont 2008-05-02 11:26 pm UTC (link)
	"That is very admirable, sir!" Jacques smiled again. "Very few men would seek justice. That was part of the reason I became a lawyer- the search for justice and for Right." (Replies frozen) (Parent) (Thread)

	blakethesecond 2008-05-02 11:31 pm UTC (link)
	"A lawyer? Oh, we don't have many of those in England," he said, rather cheekily and sarcastically but he didn't know whether Jacques would catch on. If he did, he hoped he would not be offended: it was something which Christopher had not been able to stop coming out of his mouth. "Why did you choose that?" (Replies frozen) (Parent) (Thread)

jacques_belmont
2008-05-02 11:59 pm UTC (link)

Hunh, there was no escape from lawyer jokes even on this side of the Channel. Jacques supposed it to be one of those universal constants, like the corruption of the aristocracy, or it always raining when he couldn't find his umbrella.

"I will be the first to admit there are far too many lawyers in Europe," Jacques said. He had drunk enough not to bristle at any hint of an insult. "As a direct result, I work as my father's secretary." He rolled his eyes. "A dream job, I assure you. Hm? Oh. I went with the law because it was the course my parents expected of me. I had no objections." Jacques half-wanted to admit he considered it a stepping stone towards a seat in the Assembly. Most representatives of the Third Estate, back during the elections of 1789 had been lawyers.

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