Post by Monique Adelina De'Ath on Oct 7, 2021 5:53:53 GMT
"Sweet Jesus, 150 livres for a damned ring, plus all that cash on buying a coach and horses, then there's her upkeep costs and not the slightest chance of getting a dowry from her impoverished family! I really hope I did the right thing there, think Bastian, think, there are definite positives...the status man, a social increase to your standings plus it's a respectable thing for a man of my position to be married, demonstrates steadiness and ummh...errr..stuff...got to be a good thing....surely? Trouble is I've now got to go and spend time meeting her wretched parents, traverse myself across bandit ridden country to make it to Burgundy, lousy piss pot of a place, and spend at least a week in their 'entertaining' company listening to that imbecile of a father of her's spewing his life history and how it was all going so well until they lost all their money and had to mortgage the home and, no doubt, how, through a sound marriage they can look at regaining their past splendors.....yeah, through my earnings you geriatric old has-been! I can only help the old fool isn't also a bible basher like her, it's bad enough having to endure those dreary sermons and masses every month in Paris without having to listen to the Calverts proposing nightly family bible circles and prayers while I'm stuck there for however long! Arrrghhhh.....what have I done?!!
Calm yourself Bastian, deep breaths, you've forgotten to mention the main benefit, yes the conjugals! At last, after all these months, seems like years, of never getting even a small grope she'll not have an excuse for declining 'an early night' and I only hope she's worth it, I mean, come on, she must secretly be gagging for it, these religious types, once they've let themselves finally go, are rumored to be like tigers in the bedroom! Yes, yes, it's going to be fine all the costs, expenses, endless masses, those grumblings and cross looks whenever I've dared raise a glass or two at a party all of it a thing of the past once I claim my husbandly dues....phhwwwoooarrr.....PHHWWWOOOARRR!!
Then lets also not forget I'll be needing a best man, not just some ordinary one either, no, I warrant a man of substance , one of those rich noble types, a gentleman of rank and high office....hmmmhh...now let's think....
Marquis Jacques Bougiedure - Top society man, military hero, great big chateau, heaps of cash presumably and my former employer too! We could hold the wedding bash at his place and, being a gentleman, he'd probably offer to pay for everything plus he might even have enough clout to get one of the Royals to turn up?! 9/10
Comte Hullame Lagarde de Bearne - Errr...well...can't say I've ever seen eye to eye with the fellow and there was that time he issued an arrest warrant against me, swine, and it's rumored that he's the most boring man in Paris. Still he also has a heap of cash, a big house and great connections so mustn't rule him out. 6/10
Viscomte Renald de la Azur - Good old Renald, helped me with my first military application and generally an all round good chap. He has the connections but not to sure about his assets, doesn't seem to even own a coach, no chateau but of solid social standing and maybe worth cultivating? 7/10
I can see this is going to be a tough one but it's got to be Bougiedure for my first point of call, he's bound to see the sense and want to honor a former employee who just also happens to be the ROYAL EXECUTIONER as well as Paris's most prestigious physician. Yes, good old Jaques's the man for the job now all I've got to do is drop him a quick invite and this marriage plan business begins to reap it's rewards".
Calm yourself Bastian, deep breaths, you've forgotten to mention the main benefit, yes the conjugals! At last, after all these months, seems like years, of never getting even a small grope she'll not have an excuse for declining 'an early night' and I only hope she's worth it, I mean, come on, she must secretly be gagging for it, these religious types, once they've let themselves finally go, are rumored to be like tigers in the bedroom! Yes, yes, it's going to be fine all the costs, expenses, endless masses, those grumblings and cross looks whenever I've dared raise a glass or two at a party all of it a thing of the past once I claim my husbandly dues....phhwwwoooarrr.....PHHWWWOOOARRR!!
Then lets also not forget I'll be needing a best man, not just some ordinary one either, no, I warrant a man of substance , one of those rich noble types, a gentleman of rank and high office....hmmmhh...now let's think....
Marquis Jacques Bougiedure - Top society man, military hero, great big chateau, heaps of cash presumably and my former employer too! We could hold the wedding bash at his place and, being a gentleman, he'd probably offer to pay for everything plus he might even have enough clout to get one of the Royals to turn up?! 9/10
Comte Hullame Lagarde de Bearne - Errr...well...can't say I've ever seen eye to eye with the fellow and there was that time he issued an arrest warrant against me, swine, and it's rumored that he's the most boring man in Paris. Still he also has a heap of cash, a big house and great connections so mustn't rule him out. 6/10
Viscomte Renald de la Azur - Good old Renald, helped me with my first military application and generally an all round good chap. He has the connections but not to sure about his assets, doesn't seem to even own a coach, no chateau but of solid social standing and maybe worth cultivating? 7/10
I can see this is going to be a tough one but it's got to be Bougiedure for my first point of call, he's bound to see the sense and want to honor a former employee who just also happens to be the ROYAL EXECUTIONER as well as Paris's most prestigious physician. Yes, good old Jaques's the man for the job now all I've got to do is drop him a quick invite and this marriage plan business begins to reap it's rewards".