Birds on hats were en vogue at that time, but everyone else had chosen songbirds.
[ Alexandrie rolls her eyes. ]
It made every event sound like a cheerful morning in an extremely populated forest. Not to say I was exempt, but I had a lovely pair of turtledoves who were fairly quiet.
Madame du Marchand, on the other hand, in an attempt to outclass everyone daringly, once wore a swan. Tied, like a hat, to her head.
[ She starts giggling. ]
She'd drugged it, or had a servant do it, and it was quite sweet asleep, but it woke up halfway through the evening.
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Date: 2018-07-25 11:26 pm (UTC)[ Alexandrie rolls her eyes. ]
It made every event sound like a cheerful morning in an extremely populated forest. Not to say I was exempt, but I had a lovely pair of turtledoves who were fairly quiet.
Madame du Marchand, on the other hand, in an attempt to outclass everyone daringly, once wore a swan. Tied, like a hat, to her head.
[ She starts giggling. ]
She'd drugged it, or had a servant do it, and it was quite sweet asleep, but it woke up halfway through the evening.