Another Scandal in Bohemia
“Perhaps, even in retreat, the French cannot help showing off.Certainly Napoleon is a prime example of that, even if his antecedents were Corsican offshoots of an obscure but prolific Italian family. I have no reason to be fond of Mediterranean islands or of any of their products, however infamous, given the island of Crete’s sinister role in another of Irene’s adventures the previous spring.The Rothschild château Ferrières reminded me of the Royal Courts of Justice building recently erected on Fleet Street opposite the Temple where Godfrey and I had toiled together: acres of shining white stone interrupted by an excessive number of spire-topped towers.We had much time to gaze upon the massive edifice as our coach, pulled by two ponderous, feathery-hocked horses, ground up the circular drive. Following a train journey from Paris to tiny Ozoir-la-Ferrière and a subsequent jolting in the Rothschild conveyance I was not surprised to find that the great house cast a double image in my tire...d eyes.At last, however, we all three stood on solid paving stones gazing up at what, to me, resembled an inverted chest of drawers belonging to a giant.MoreLess
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