Suddenly Hugo's Historical OC is hanging out with his RPF crew. I honestly did not see that coming, I expected Cimourdain to be operating at a certain remove from the whole thing. But NOPE he just walks into the Cafe du Portent and I find that inexplicably hilarious.
Not so funny: the casual discussion of Killing The Vendée.Cimourdain's quite properly horrified by the idea of Lantenac killing "the women"--and apparently Michelle's story has made it to Paris--but then the whole little council of four here turns around and derides Gauvain's willingness to spare the wives and daughters of aristocrats, or nuns, or priests--and Cimourdain, at least in my translation, has JUST said again that he's a priest before they get into the topic, and still goes along with the kill 'em all discussion. It seems like the Vendée is everyone's firebreak; the front line for everyone else's concerns, and of no concern to anyone else on its own account. Poor, poor Vendée.
Aaand we've got the Inexorable cropping up again. That word, and the whole conversation in this chapter, and Cimourdain being sent to watch Gauvain, and wow, I think I see the shape of this story now and I DO NOT LIKE THIS THING, this is gonna be BAD.
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Not so funny: the casual discussion of Killing The Vendée.Cimourdain's quite properly horrified by the idea of Lantenac killing "the women"--and apparently Michelle's story has made it to Paris--but then the whole little council of four here turns around and derides Gauvain's willingness to spare the wives and daughters of aristocrats, or nuns, or priests--and Cimourdain, at least in my translation, has JUST said again that he's a priest before they get into the topic, and still goes along with the kill 'em all discussion. It seems like the Vendée is everyone's firebreak; the front line for everyone else's concerns, and of no concern to anyone else on its own account. Poor, poor Vendée.
Aaand we've got the Inexorable cropping up again. That word, and the whole conversation in this chapter, and Cimourdain being sent to watch Gauvain, and wow, I think I see the shape of this story now and I DO NOT LIKE THIS THING, this is gonna be BAD.