Iron Lace
“She was a luxury craft designed to carry passengers, as well as cargo. Lucien thought of the Dowager and the other ships that would follow as living memorials. Le Danois translated as The Danish. The next ship was to be the Danish Diva, the next the Danish Dancer.
Aurore had learned that the company’s board of directors was less than enthusiastic about the Dowager. The expenses were huge. Nothing was too good for Lucien. The Dowager was to be the finest ship operating out of the port. Thoug...h she had been built and launched in New York, Lucien had insisted that she be finished in New Orleans so that he could oversee all the interior work. He had made periodic inspections at the outfitting pier. Once, distressed by the pale gold chosen for the grand saloon, he had insisted that all the paint be thrown overboard so it wouldn’t be used elsewhere on the ship.
The Dowager’s route had been carefully planned. In the winter tourist season she would travel between Havana and New Orleans; for the remainder of the year her destination would be New York.MoreLess
Aurore had learned that the company’s board of directors was less than enthusiastic about the Dowager. The expenses were huge. Nothing was too good for Lucien. The Dowager was to be the finest ship operating out of the port. Thoug...h she had been built and launched in New York, Lucien had insisted that she be finished in New Orleans so that he could oversee all the interior work. He had made periodic inspections at the outfitting pier. Once, distressed by the pale gold chosen for the grand saloon, he had insisted that all the paint be thrown overboard so it wouldn’t be used elsewhere on the ship.
The Dowager’s route had been carefully planned. In the winter tourist season she would travel between Havana and New Orleans; for the remainder of the year her destination would be New York.MoreLess
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