Tuesday, 6 October 2026

I remember how, at the house of Georges Clemenceau, a lady could not make out who it was with the salamanders

I remember how, at the house of Georges Clemenceau, a lady could not make out who it was with the salamanders

I remember how, at the house of Georges Clemenceau, a lady could not make out who it was with the salamanders. Whereupon I, in short trousers, explained that the salamander is the emblem of Francis I, and that it often lurks in his portraits

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