A Case of Curiosities
“He made a sketch of the plainly decorated Mecanique. One would sit down and place an order with the limonadiere. Moments later, an iron trapdoor would open in the middle of the table, and a place setting would surface with the drink requested. Peering down the opening, Claude observed that the pillared leg of the table was hollow and connected to a bustling kitchen serviced by mechanical apparatus and sweating workers worthy of the Prison of Imagination .
He offered his mistress the sketch, but..., as expected, she declined. He tried afterward to introduce her to his friends in the crafts districts, but she laughed at the suggestion. She wouldn't even venture to his garret grotto. "I prefer events." And so events it was. They attended concerts, exhibitions, theatrical performances. They saw The Marriage of Figaro —the play, not the opera, which had yet to reach Paris — but Claude was more interested in Beaumarchais's career as a watchmaker working under his real name, Caron. For weeks afterward, back in the bedchamber, Alexandra's little peasant boy became her Cherubino.MoreLess
He offered his mistress the sketch, but..., as expected, she declined. He tried afterward to introduce her to his friends in the crafts districts, but she laughed at the suggestion. She wouldn't even venture to his garret grotto. "I prefer events." And so events it was. They attended concerts, exhibitions, theatrical performances. They saw The Marriage of Figaro —the play, not the opera, which had yet to reach Paris — but Claude was more interested in Beaumarchais's career as a watchmaker working under his real name, Caron. For weeks afterward, back in the bedchamber, Alexandra's little peasant boy became her Cherubino.MoreLess
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