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...years later, Birdie is engaged to Earl Urquhart, a philandering suitor uniquely unfit to wed this wonderful woman. Just before the wedding, though, Earl rashly risks his bride in a poker game, and Finus wins her from him. Fate prevents Finus from collecting on his debt, and some years later he marries Birdie’s childhood friend, Avis, even though he doesn’t love...
...during World War II from a perch in his favorite horse chestnut. But he didn't take trees seriously until 1961, when he inherited an estate--Tullynally Castle in Ireland--that encompasses several hundred acres of stately 200-year-old oaks and beeches. (Pakenham could have been the eighth Earl of Longford, but he doesn't use the title. His father was a famous politician; his mother is the biographer Elizabeth Longford; the writer Antonia Fraser is his sister...
...being very careful not to use what The Washington Post reporter cutely called "the A word." So the finders aren't fanatics, it seems, even if they've got the rest of us in a lather. And second: The esteemed and very serious minded American explorer and scientist Sylvia Earl has said that she has perused the evidence and finds it intriguing. In fact, she says, she hopes to go to Cuba next year, make one of her deep dives, and see what...
...burnt sugar crust required just a bit too much push to crack, and the chilled custard beneath (I prefer warm) had a hint of a stale dairy taste, suggesting that it had been in the no doubt adorably quaint Frigidaire for a bit too long. Even a cup of Earl Grey tea tasted like the parsley that was liberally sprinkled over everything else...
Sunday afternoon Francophile, do not despair! The large cluster of café tables in the front of the restaurant are a perfect place to enjoy the offering of breads, a cute carafe of eau and perhaps even a little pot of the Earl Parsley or a shot of espresso. This would be, after all, a more authentically French start...