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Aug 10Liked by David Gemeinhardt

Always appreciate the portraits and countryside paintings, thank you.

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A pleasure!

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Aug 9Liked by David Gemeinhardt

Why did the younger Mme la Duchesse move from her apartment, far from her husband? What happened?

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Our diarist does not say. He's scrupulous, so he would only tell us if he had what he considered reliable information. Circumstantially, Mme la Duchesse is decades younger than her husband. They might have little in common. She is known to be close to her lady-in-waiting Mme de Sade, as well as to M de Sade...

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A very scrupulous reply. Just enough information.

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Mmm, David- are there de Sade diary entries or correspondence in our future?

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I dimly remember Luynes mentioning the Sade couple somewhere. We'll see as we go forward!

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