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dear_mun2013-07-14 07:42 am
paysdelamour) wrote in dear_mun2013-07-14 07:42 am
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Bastille Day
Another year gone by... ah la la... so many things have changed, and yet, many more have stayed the same, non? We have a saying in France - un clou chasse l'autre. "One nail chases the other". It means, simply, life goes on. And that, at least, has given me comfort in this past year. Despite the things you have thrown at me! [He gives a small laugh.] Alors, je suppose, the lion's share.
I know you have been very busy with Angleterre as of late, mais... it was very sweet of you to consider me on my national holiday. I know you are tired from your Fourth, mais, fireworks and a parade are always thrilling, oui? And they are most fun when they are French. [A smile, before he puts his cigarette back to his lips and takes a deep breath. After releasing the smoke upwards, he thinks for a moment.] Le Musée du Louvre, et l'Opera, they are free today, I think. Of course, I have not been paying much attention to those things. I remember when most of those works were written, and painted. Though it is nice to stop in, once in a while. Perhaps I will take a small look around before the parade.
[He takes another drag, this time releasing the smoke from his nose. After a pause, he speaks again.]
I would not mind, you know. Joining a game again. Though that is for when you are much less busy - you still have one game you must return to, and another you were planning on joining. Your obligations take precedence, bien sûr. I will wait. [Another of his grins lights up his face.] I have stayed by your side for this long, mademoiselle - it would be terrible of me to abandon you now. I would hardly be able to call myself a gentleman, then! Even if I do have to hear Angleterre complain more often... though I can still handle him on my own.
Do what you must, ma belle. I will be here. Joyeux Quatorze Juillet. Now if you will excuse me, I believe there is a bottle of wine calling my name...
I know you have been very busy with Angleterre as of late, mais... it was very sweet of you to consider me on my national holiday. I know you are tired from your Fourth, mais, fireworks and a parade are always thrilling, oui? And they are most fun when they are French. [A smile, before he puts his cigarette back to his lips and takes a deep breath. After releasing the smoke upwards, he thinks for a moment.] Le Musée du Louvre, et l'Opera, they are free today, I think. Of course, I have not been paying much attention to those things. I remember when most of those works were written, and painted. Though it is nice to stop in, once in a while. Perhaps I will take a small look around before the parade.
[He takes another drag, this time releasing the smoke from his nose. After a pause, he speaks again.]
I would not mind, you know. Joining a game again. Though that is for when you are much less busy - you still have one game you must return to, and another you were planning on joining. Your obligations take precedence, bien sûr. I will wait. [Another of his grins lights up his face.] I have stayed by your side for this long, mademoiselle - it would be terrible of me to abandon you now. I would hardly be able to call myself a gentleman, then! Even if I do have to hear Angleterre complain more often... though I can still handle him on my own.
Do what you must, ma belle. I will be here. Joyeux Quatorze Juillet. Now if you will excuse me, I believe there is a bottle of wine calling my name...