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You know you are in trouble when the only times you do a full-blown countdown are Thermidor and Saint-Just's birthday. I am still shocked there are 18 more days until said birthday *queue the "Are We There Yet" jokes*, and I have yet to figure out how to celebrate it.
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This is really good of these women to whom I look up highly.
They already know my depths of my passion Of a man whose beauty and intelligence Burn across my mind and set off soul flames If that high starched cravat does not overwhelm All my defenses through my wandering readings Then his ocean blue coat will drown me endlessly And I will forget every other personage I have known Save him of the cold steel eyes sensing my admiration
How did the CSP get all that energy for days in the Convention and nights at the Committee? Energy drinks are not working for me...
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This is beautiful, the two of them!
Letter from Ferrières-Marsay to Mme. de Ferrières-Marsay
7 August 1789
You can imagine, my dear friend, how essential your letters are to my peace of mind, but it takes eight days before I hear what is happening at home. So, from now on, write to me via Châtellerault, and send a courier there twice a week to deliver your letters; the post leaves on Wednesdays and Sundays. Take the utmost care not to speak to anyone about the specific matters I am instructing you on, neither to the abbé nor to Madame de Doussay 3%. Everything is connected and subject to interpretation. This could have the most unfortunate consequences.
We had a most memorable meeting on Tuesday 4 August. Rabreuil will inform you of the details and the purpose; I am instructing him to do so. If any benefits for the common good result from this, I shall easily console myself for what I lose as a gentleman and as a feudal lord. The hunting clause interests me little, but it will greatly annoy M. de la Haye.
Let us turn to business. As soon as you receive this letter, halt all repair work, whether on the moats or the castle. This is not the time to spend money repairing a house that may not even exist in a year’s time, or even in six months. Despite what you tell me about the friendship people have for me, I know the people too well not to realise that they can be led wherever one wishes, and that my castle, if secret enemies or ill-intentioned people so desire, will be burnt down, along with all the castles of many gentlemen in the Dauphiné, Franche-Comté, Burgundy, Limousin, Normandy, etc... Here is what you must do, but proceed with the necessary caution and discretion: 10 You are to take the money from the Treasury. Labbé may ask you for it; you are to tell him that it is to be sent to me. 2. You will find a deed of confession from Marsay dated 1723; a deed of confession from Mondon dated 1723; a deed of confession from La Tour de Ry dated 1723; or, failing that, deeds of confession from 1609; you will enclose my two ledgers of annuity receipts, one from the time of M. du Tillet, and leave the one I use to record them; you will take the box containing the Ferrières’ letters of nobility. I had put a large bundle of them in my study. You will also take a deed of conveyance for La Griffonnière and Puygirault, if you can find them. But neither Labbé nor anyone else must know of this. When everything is ready, you will say that you are going to Poitiers on business. You yourself will pack the ‘chest’ with your daughters; you will put the money, the titles, the confessions, the account books, and some of your silverware—such as ‘oïlle’ spoons, coffee pots and cutlery—into it; you will finish by filling it with your finest linen; and you will go and deposit it all in Poitiers, in the place you deem safest. You will say that you wish to furnish the Malvaux house for your daughter, and you will have the mattresses, quilts, blankets, and generally all the bedding for the flat and the alcove bedroom carted to Poitiers on the same day you go there.
You should include some sheets; that way, should anything happen, at least something will be saved. Above all, take great care to ensure that no one suspects anything about the money or the papers, and that no one can imagine there is the slightest hint of fear in what you are doing. These precautions will, I hope, prove quite unnecessary, but never mind; at the present time, we must anticipate everything. Sell your sheep for whatever price you can get, but take the money in cash. You will also arrange to sell a pair of oxen at Saint-Roch’s Day, and another pair at Saint Bartholomew’s Day. The remaining six pairs, together with the mules, will see us through, even if we have to buy more if matters settle down. Should trouble arise, you will be better off, and safer, in Poitiers than in Marsay. In a large town, the public interest protects private interests. You will stay in Poitiers for a day or two; you will assess the situation, and then return to Marsay. If the unrest were to increase in our Mirebalais, you would have a few more carts of furniture taken to Poitiers; if not, you would leave them in Marsay. It is up to your own prudence, and that of Séraphine, to guide you. At the slightest sign of unrest that might cause you concern, you must go to Poitiers.
Do not think, my dear friend, that I foresee any unfortunate events in our region, but you are too dear to me, and I must exercise the utmost caution. I even have reason to hope that everything will soon return to normal, at least for a while. The sacrifices made by the nobility during the session on the evening of 4 August are considerable. You realise that the success of what I am telling you depends on the strictest secrecy.
As for our harvest, you will sell the wheat as it is threshed, but without making a show of it, simply as if you were in need of money. Once you have a certain sum, you must lock it away in some safe place, one that is fireproof, but not in the Treasury; for if anyone were to come to Marsay, I do not believe it would be to burn the castle—as it is too beloved in the region—but to burn the rent deeds and tax records. You could therefore hide your money in the second vault, beneath the hall, inside the large cellar, in a place where there is no wine.
Let me know if you have received the ‘minutes’ of our Assembly; I have subscribed, and you must have had them circulated. I am writing to the seneschal regarding the abolition of seigneurial courts. The hope I am giving him of obtaining a royal seat at Mirebeau will bind the people of Mirebeau to me even more closely. It appears to be Dubois, of Châtellerault, who wrote that I was on the side of the Count of Artois and the Queen; this is a vile slander.
You know, from all my letters, that as soon as I realised what their schemes were and what their aim was, I withdrew from that society. I can say in my own defence that they all knew me well enough not to share any of their plans with me, or even to let me suspect them. From the moment of the meeting at the Tiers, I completely abandoned the Chamber of the Nobility and did not set foot there again, although several members continued to attend clandestine sessions; but I have always acted in good faith and for the common good. I found the conduct of this section of the Nobility irregular and dangerous. I spent the nights of 13 and 14 July in the Chamber of the Estates, although one of my friends had led me to believe that we would be attacked by the Royal-Allemand regiment, and that we were in great danger. Dubois knows this perfectly well, since we returned together at half past two in the morning. Besides, I may be mistaken; perhaps it was not he who sent that message. Be that as it may, there is no point in dwelling on this if anyone mentions it to you; without suggesting that I suspect Dubois, you could go into some detail to clear my name, but do so with caution, especially if you see Rabreuil. Send me news of my father; I’m worried about him, all alone at Le Tillou; people think he’s short of money; he’d be better off going to Poitiers.
I’m off to the Assembly; I’ll send you the latest news.
The new ministers, namely: Minister of Justice, the Archbishop of Bordeaux; Minister of War, de la Tour du Pin; Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs, the Archbishop of Vienne; all three drawn from the National Assembly: M. Necker, M. de la Luzerne, Minister of the Navy; M. de Saint-Priest?, Minister for Paris; and M. de Montmorin, Minister for Foreign Affairs, arrived as a group at the National Assembly; and following a speech by the Archbishop of Bordeaux, Keeper of the Seals, in which he spoke of the ills afflicting the kingdom, M. Necker requested a loan of thirty million. The ministers left to the sound of cheers from the deputies who, seeing ministers of their calibre, were revelling in their triumph. The loan was referred to the Finance Committee for a report to be presented tomorrow. The loan will be approved. The need is urgent; Paris is in a state of great turmoil; the speculators and capitalists have done too much for the Assembly for the Assembly not to do something in their favour. Farewell.
Ferrières-Marsay
Original Letter from Correspondance inédite (1789, 1790, 1791).
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The Dance
Whirling round and round Excitement at their greatest victory Resounds from person to person Doing the carmagnole with fire Passion pouring into the ground And receiving their gratitude Since they deposed the king Upon his throne at the Tuileries They await only this new society Ready to sprout into full bloom And savor its fragrance deeply As they circle about the tree Not full speed as expected But with patriotic vigor They go about this plane tree Newly planted for liberty And their hearts are thankful For the People's accomplishment
Hold on tight, citoyen(ne)s! We are going to have another fun day at Frevblr full of CSP drama, fighting counter-revolutionaries, and other types of fun and seriousness!
Today is a special day as it is a décadi, so it is time to celebrate! Hooray! So, today is 20 Thermidor in the French Republican Calendar, and it is the Day of the Lock.
*looks at her calendar* I cannot believe it is 19 days until the biggest birthday in Frevblr. There will *not* be enough room in the Green Room for a celebration. It will be total chaos. But I think Saint-Just will enjoy the outpouring of wishes.
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This is really getting to me. She must have had so many emotions after losing Maxime...
Since we have passed through Thermidor, I want to do a new set of French Republican Calendar reminders, this time for August (or Thermidor-Fructidor): 4 Days until the storming of the Tuileries 7 Days until Théroigne de Méricourt's birthday 9 Days until Napoléon Bonaparte's birthday 16 Days until the Constitution of the Year III passes 17 Days until the Levée en Masse decree passes 19 Days until Louis-Antoine Saint-Just's birthday 20 Days until the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (NOTE: These are NOT all the birthdays that will be recognized for this coming month, so if you do not see a birthday do not fret.)
While I Type
When my fingers tap on the keyboard I cannot predict what verbal garden Will be created by the end of this But I do realize that my head is full Of disposing Thermidorian games Lies I must swat like incessant flies Desecrating Robespierre and friends As this political and cultural machine Devouring them so none can see Their true form in which they have once Glowed their lights with virtue and honor Now filth and ice are so deep within Digging through is tiring while new dirt And glacial layers are added every hour Until almost all but brave hearts quit From exhaustion and overwhelming And my fingertips still itch with those files Of them in Jacobin circles of fire and warmth If only I could open eyes as I can peck away On this laptop hoping for miracles anew And perhaps you may join me in this crusade
Except for AFAIK The Black Book/Reign of Terror, The Sandman, and Ribbons of Scarlet, which mentions him as promiscuous, Frev fiction creators in general make Saint-Just "icy" as far as sexuality is concerned. They make him aro/ace but as if only to fit that "cold" demeanor when writing of his character. No mention of Thérèse Gellé or Henriette Le Bas or even Maximilien Robespierre or anyone else. He had emotions and feelings like anyone else, even if hidden in a mask... (NOTE: I now do recall that SJ is mentioned being engaged to Henriette in The Gods Are Thirsty, but nothing is done with that connection.)
This is from the novel City of Darkness, City of Light, but does anyone have more real life info on Lafayette vs. Marat?
I know(?) about everyone going into hiding after Champs de Mars, but this is in the year before. The Terrible Lafayette Book I read was super vague about anything that didn't make him look good.
I was able to pull out Bax, and this was early 1790. Bailly also told Marat in Sept 1789 he was denounced...
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This is so adorable!
The reason your snacks are unsatisfying is that you need both carb and protein.
Carb starts your engine, protein keeps it going.
No carb, engine don’t start. No protein, engine dies out fast.
Easy carb add on:
Cookie
Fruit (canned or fresh)
Chips
Piece of bread
Popcorn
Crackers
Easy protein add on:
Nuts
Spoonful of nut butter
Cheese
Roasted chickpea snacks
Glass of milk (dairy or non dairy)
Small canned sausages or similar
Sugar in there.
I am pleased by people messaging me telling me that after adding a carb or protein to their snacks or meals they feel more satisfied all day. Yes, my plan is working. People are getting through their days with less hangry.
