Last year DH & I watched the TV Mini-series titled "Casanova" which
stars David Tennant & Peter O'Toole as the lead character.
I was intrigued about his memoirs & found that the Tartu Public Library
had all 6 books as English translations by Arthur Machen. Since
discovering these big books I've been reading them (to DH at bedtime) &
I am reading Volume 4 at present.
In Chapter XVII on page 464, I read this passage:
"Agatha had no dress that was good enough, so I charged Madame Dupré to
provide one at my expense, and I was well served. It is well known that
when this sort of people dip their fingers into other people's purses
they are not sparing, but that was just what I wanted. Agatha promised
to dance all the quadrilles with me, and to return to Turin with Madame
Dupré.
On the day fixed for the ball I stayed to dinner at the Dupré's to be
present at Agatha's toilette. Her dress was a rich and newly-made Lyon
silk, and the trimming was an exquisite Alençon point lace, of which the
girl did not know the value. Madame R------, who had arranged the dress,
and Madame Dupré, had received instructions to say nothing about it to her."
I've come across other references to lace in previous volumes but this
was the first time the type of lace was mentioned.
Pene in Tartu, Estonia
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