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...fact, Voltaire soon started a passionate affair with his niece, Mme. Denis, 32. He kept it so secret that it was only found out a few years ago. when a trove of his letters to her came to light. Both Voltaire and Emilie were getting temporarily bored with one another, but, as Voltaire explained, it was necessary for the sake of appearances to maintain one of France's most famous love affairs-otherwise, what would people say? And so the two philosophers remained close-until Emilie became pregnant, at the age of 42 (much too old, by the standards...
...Dior line crashed through the cream-and-gilt rooms. It kept up for two more hours and 175 more models. Cries of "bravo, bravo!" broke out at the finale, a model marching by in a bridal gown. When Saint-Laurent himself appeared, mothered by his two weeping associates, Mme. Raymonde and Mme. Marguerite, the blushing youth was mobbed. Reporters squeezed his hand, kissed his cheeks, pushed him to an outside balcony, where he waved royally to a cheering crowd below...
What sort of woman was Miss Howard? "Intriguer," "courtesan," "creature," "English chain," are some of the unkind names she has been called. Gallant, Gallic Mme. Maurois will have none of these. At the end of a biography that lacks her husband's professional brilliance but is highly competent in its own right, Author Maurois tenderly quotes the description of Miss Howard given to an interviewer by an aged servant of Beauregard: "I shall never forget Milady descending the stairs in the Chateau on the tick of seven in a great crinoline and wearing all her pearls. Ah, Monsieur...
When the little girl arrived at the hotel in Paris, the owner's wife said graciously: "Ah bonjour Mademoiselle. Es-tu un enfant terrible?" To which the little girl replied with her impressive grasp of the French idiom: "No merci Mme. Dupuis je suis Me ELOISE...
After a brief flurry of debate, the Assembly approved, 337 to 173, with only the Communists and the Poujadistes in opposition. With victory secured, Gaillard and Bourges climbed into a new Citroen and joined Mme. Gaillard at the Brasserie Lipp, a Left Bank restaurant which is the traditional spot for French Premiers to celebrate their election to or ejection from office. There, a birthday cake topped with a model of the Assembly building awaited him. As he prepared to cut into it, Assembly President Andre Le Troquer protested. "Don't cut up the Assembly! You've already...