Strange Capers
“—William ShakespeareAs You Like It, Act II, Scene 4 Chapter 1 Rachel, Lady Savage, was a scoundrel and a thief. In deference to her social position she was called a “clever, managing woman,” but this was sheer euphemism. She was the most larcenous lady who ever made her curtsies at St. James’s. She even stole her husband from another lady, but did it before he got to the altar with his first love so that her marauding tactic was not indictable.
Once shackled to John Savage, she blackmailed some highly placed friends into obtaining a knighthood for him, and, much more important, the right to call herself Lady Savage. The house in which she resides on the southeast coast of England was wangled out of her cousin, Lord Aiglon, by a wicked piece of subterfuge. When Sir John died of weariness from trotting to keep up with his lady ten years ago, Rachel went in tears to Lord Aiglon and threw herself on his bosom.
I wasn’t acquainted with Rachel at the time, but I’d be willing to wager that s...he went in rags and tatters and billeted herself on him in London till he finally turned Thornbury over to be rid of her.MoreLess
Once shackled to John Savage, she blackmailed some highly placed friends into obtaining a knighthood for him, and, much more important, the right to call herself Lady Savage. The house in which she resides on the southeast coast of England was wangled out of her cousin, Lord Aiglon, by a wicked piece of subterfuge. When Sir John died of weariness from trotting to keep up with his lady ten years ago, Rachel went in tears to Lord Aiglon and threw herself on his bosom.
I wasn’t acquainted with Rachel at the time, but I’d be willing to wager that s...he went in rags and tatters and billeted herself on him in London till he finally turned Thornbury over to be rid of her.MoreLess
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