The Heiress
“Now it was full of servants cleaning and polishing and re-laying the Aubusson carpets and hanging the priceless tapestries. Gold and silver plate, superb porcelain and some of the loveliest furniture made by cabinetmakers to the King at the beginning of the reign were arranged in the reception rooms, and Anne had engaged a steward to supervise the large staff of servants and he had secured one of the best chefs in the city. Horses travelled up from Charantaise for her stables, and she had ordered a magnificent new town coach with special springing to withstand the abominable cobbled streets of Paris. Versailles was full of rumour and speculation about the ball which Anne was giving to celebrate the opening of her Hôtel; it was predicted that the King himself would honour the occasion and there was much jealousy and angling for invitations.
The appointment of Captain O’Neil as her agent added a delicious spice of scandal to the whole affair, and some of the more malicious, including th...e Comte de Tallieu who was revelling in the gossip, insisted that Madame Macdonald shared her favours between the handsome Captain and his hideous, one-eyed servant Boehmer.MoreLess
The appointment of Captain O’Neil as her agent added a delicious spice of scandal to the whole affair, and some of the more malicious, including th...e Comte de Tallieu who was revelling in the gossip, insisted that Madame Macdonald shared her favours between the handsome Captain and his hideous, one-eyed servant Boehmer.MoreLess
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