Private drawing room

Subject: Private drawing room Wed Oct 10, 2012 10:57 pm

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Subject: Re: Private drawing room Thu Oct 11, 2012 11:29 pm

Emilie walk along the corridor with her daugher and her friend princess Mary, they arrive to the door of the drawing room, she open it.

Here we are !

She enter the room with Olympe, who start to explore all the room curiously, then turn to Mary and add.

Have a seat, my dear.

Subject: Re: Private drawing room Fri Oct 12, 2012 1:12 pm

I entered in the room with Emilie and Olympe,and looked around.The room was very beautiful and somehow it make you feel a sense of calmness and serenity.I smiled to Emilie softly and sat down on sofa.

''Oh Emilie! Here is so nice and peaceful!''

Subject: Re: Private drawing room Fri Oct 12, 2012 9:51 pm

Emilie looking all around the room with admirative air, smile in contentement, the room is perfectly at her taste, she turn to Mary and her smile get wider in hearing her words.

I am happy to hear it, my dear, I must tell that I am fullly satisied of that room and it's important for me that people I recieve here feel well in this place.

She step close to the sofa where Mary is sat and ask her.

Would you like to drink something, my dear ? I can bring anything that could please you.

Thinking to that, she realize that her daughter who must need a drink too and fill la goblet with apple juice, give it to her, the little girl lift the goblet to her lips, but Emilie stop her gesture in putting her hand on hers, yet imagining easely the juice tricking along her little chin and on her rich silk dress.

No, don't drink while walking, go to sat first.

Olympe nodd and go to sat in a armchair and take sips of her goblet.

Subject: Re: Private drawing room Sat Oct 13, 2012 10:50 am

I nodded to her,smiling slightly.

''i love how it is decorated! The paintings are absolutely amazing! Did you decorated the room by yourself?''

I asked looking around.

''Maybe some wine,if you have.''

Subject: Re: Private drawing room Sat Oct 13, 2012 9:38 pm

Emilie looking at the paintings on the walls, so beautiful that they seem irreals, feeling getting dreamy, she nodd in hearing Mary's admirative words, then giggle softly in hearing her question and turning to her again, she answer her.

Oh no not myself ! I fear to be absolutely incapable to realize such painting, nor would I ever have the talent for do so. In fact it's a genious itinerant italian painter and his assistant who do have make this splendid work. I wanted paintings for ornament the walls of this room and I did yet imagine them and was looking for a painter when I has been informed of this painter's presence, so I have hire him and I must tell that what he and his assistants have do is even better than all that I imagined.

She smile and nodd.

Some wine ? of course.

She fill a goblet with some wine and bring it to Mary, then she return to the table, fill a goblet with apple juice and join the sofa where Mary is installed and sat by her side, looking at her hands, feeling a little sad, worried and melancolical as she can't prevent think to her friend Wolsey's banishment, about the fanatical catholique More being now the new Chancellor, what mean much dangers for her and her sisters and brothers in religion and to the king of Italy, to all what seemed to be the begining of a beautiful adventure that would last for all her life and that ended before to began.
She shake her head as for chase away these thougths that occupy her mind all the time lately and she look up at Mary, smiling weakly.

So tell me, how the things are going with the duke ? does your marriage's organisation advance well ?

Subject: Re: Private drawing room Sat Oct 13, 2012 10:17 pm

''He did a extraordinary job,the paintings are absolutely breathtaking.''

I said with smile and took a goblet of wine from Emilie,noticing that she is little sad.

''Thank you,my dear! Is everything alright?You look little sad''

I asked worriedly.

''Everything is perfect for now between us and very soon we shall be married...I have spoke with my brother and he decide that wedding shall be in few weeks,so I am trying to organize my wedding quickly,but for now everything is going well.''

I said with brightly smile.

Subject: Re: Private drawing room Sun Oct 14, 2012 9:18 pm

Emilie nodd, smiling slighty, amazed by the beauty of the paintings and take a sip of her goblet, leaning her back to the sofa's back.
She feel embarrassed in hearing Mary 's question, understanding that her air have betray her emotions, but she know that she musn't talk openly of her friendship with Wolsey and her recent talking with him have recall her the grave danger that she run if she tell anything that would betray her lutherian ideas and so she know that she musn't aboard More topic either.
She play with her fingers nervously, looking at them, then she answer her on a soft tone, her face a bit pale.

I am not really overjoyed lately indeed, but I fear I can't tell you fully the reasons of it ... because it's implicate other people ... but I can at last tell you about what concern me only.

She glance to her daughter, seeing her busy in playing with the cushions around her armchair and she turn to Mary and add.

I have leave the king Armand ... so everything is ended, before even to have began ... and I am single again. I am not really sad about it, because there wasn't anything anymore between he and I seen his long absence, so I hadn't lost anything, I am rather relieved that I find the strenghts to leave him, properly and so it's done. But I find all this pathetical, all theses words of love, promesses and projects, for what ?

She sigh heavely.

I was so sure to finally have find real love and didn't doubt about anything of what he told me ... now I wonder if it did worth it, this short happiness and afterward months of painful waiting in silence and absence ... anyway I can tell you that for the future, I project to remain a old maid, independant and free.

She smile slighty as she hear Mary's good news.

I am very happy for you, my dear, I think that it will get even better with time as you will build your couple life and your family. Oh it's good, I hope that the organisaiton will continue to advance well and that in a few week, we will make a great celebration for your marriage and that you will finally be able to began a new life with your duke.

Subject: Re: Private drawing room Mon Oct 15, 2012 3:42 pm

I looked at her confused for a moment.

''But you know that you can tell me anything that is troubling you.Right?''

I took her hand and gently squeezed it.

''I am so sorry,my dear...But maybe that is the best for you and if he loves you he will come back for you and win your love again.Anyway it is his lose and not yours and I am sure that you will be happy even without him with your daughter and your friends....Do not talk like that you will not be a old maid,you will find someone who deserve your love and who we love you with all his heart.''

I said softly,then nodded to her.

''Thank you,my dear! I can not wait for the wedding and future that I will build with him. I hope that all my wedding plans will do well and like I wanted.''

Subject: Re: Private drawing room Mon Oct 15, 2012 10:15 pm

Emilie take a deep inspiration, her lutherianism is too dangerous topic and she can't aboard it even to her best friend, especially since Mary is a strict catholique, she know it from the conversations they had, but anyway, she nodd and answer her in the same sybillic tone.

Yes I know ... but there is some dangerous things that can't be told. Don't worry, I am not in trouble anyway, just worried, about what will happen in the kingdom.

She hesitate, then add.

And I am sad that Wolsey is leaving and in such awful circomstances, after all what he did for this country, while all these years ... I know that I am the only one to regret his departure, aside Cromwell, since he is in disgrace and have so many ennemies, but he is my friend and I know that I will miss him.

She sigh heavely, thinking that life is really injust at times, she cross her arms, the air solemn as she listen to her .

Thank you for your kind words, I know that it's the better for me and I will just continue my life with the love of my family and friends for warming up my heart, I don't want nor need of a man in my life, I am independant lady who can care of herself very well and I value my freedom, good reputation and virtue.

Thinking to it, she take a deep breath and add, blushing slighty while looking at a detail of the painting of the wall before her, playing with her fingers.

At last I am proud of myself to has been chaste with the king Armand ... I had warn him from the begining that I wouldn't give myself before marriage ... because I would have feel even more miserable if I did have know him intimely and even worse had now a illegitime child from him.

She turn to Mary, reflect and add.

You know, even if he come to me, I am not ready to accept to get back with him, I don't trust him anymore, and my passion have fade totally, even if a part of me love him still. I know that I can't tell what will happen in the future, but I can tell for sure that I am not ready to open my heart again.

She smile to her softly.

I hope so too my dear, it's wonderful to see all this new happiness happening to you and it's make me happy to see you like that. Can you yet imagine your future life with him ?

She glance to her daughter and see her still playing with the cushions around the sofa now, near to her, trying to dispose it in a precise organisation, she smile and touch slighty her blond curls, the little girl lift her face and smile to her brightly, before to continue her game, joining opposite side of the sofa while carrying a cushion.

Subject: Re: Private drawing room Tue Oct 16, 2012 10:42 am

I looked at her in surprise and gave a little nod.

''I am worried about the kingdom and everything that will happened in it...I am very sorry for him,Wolsey was very good friend to my brother and I know him for very long and it saddens me to see what happened to him and just because the Boleyn's wanted his downfall.Sometimes I wonder what else Boleyn's will wanted.''

I said and then squeezed her hand gently again.

''Of course that you don't need a man.You are strong women and you will survive without them...Yes you should be proud no many ladies can say that King was in love with them. Maybe it is best if he never comes back to you then and let you move on and be happy.''

I smiled to happily.

''Thank you,my dear! I can not imagine it completely ,and that is why I am so exited because I don't know how it will be or what will happen.''

Subject: Re: Private drawing room Tue Oct 16, 2012 7:36 pm

Emilie frown slighty and bite her lips in hearing Mary talk this way about Boleyns, especially since Anne is one of her best friends, George her first love and her daughter's father and Elizabeth a very nice lady and good grandmother and Olympe herself have half Boleyn blood that flow in her veins, in fact there is only the father of this family that she don't like and who seem dangerous to her.
She feel the urge to defend this family, thinking that they aren't the only ones to have contribuate to Wolsey's downfall and that the pope have a big responsability in it, if he hadn't obstinate in his refusal and accord his annulement to the king, all this wouldn't had happened.
But she hold herself back, biting her lips, she don't want to argue with Mary and since conversation with Wolsey, she is very careful about what she tell, thinking that no only she can't directly about lutherians fate with More as Chancellor but not either about the role of the pope in this affair, because she wouldn't be able to dissimulate her profound despise for this man and so it's would reveal her true religious ideas.
She feel a bit sad as she realize how much that her best friend's ideas are opposites to hers, how would she react if she knowed that if she fear for the kingdom too, it's because she fear for lutherians's fate in the kingdom with More as chancellor ? lutherians that Mary probably consider like heretics.She take a deep inspiration, reflecting , then she answer carefully.

It isn't only about Boleyns, Mary, Wolsey have many others ennemies at court who have all contribuate to his downfall, Thomas Boleyn indeed, but even more than him, Thomas Howard, Charles Brandon and many others. And in my opinion, his real lost is to have recieve a impossible mission and to have fail and so displease to the king.

Her face lighten up as she think about the chances for a new future in England that her friend Anne Boleyn is bringing with her, especially for the lutherians like her, looking forward very much for the king break with the pope, get ride of Katerine and marry Anne and so all the great changements in the kingdom will be accomplish and it will be a new era for England, her air get dreamy and she smile slighty.

She relax down as Mary take her hand, she squeeze it slighty.

Of course, I will survive without a man in my life, I think that I will even be very happy, as long as I have my family and friends in my life ... Well, it's seem that he wasn't really deeply in love with me and I would had prefer the sincere and deep love of a commoner than this ephemerous passion of a king. Indeed, I would prefer that he don't come to me and leave me alone continue my life without him in it.

She smile softly.

Yes I can guess how excited you are, indeed you can't know how it will be now, it's the begining of a great adventure for you for sure and you will surely get to know the duke even better soon. Can you yet imagine how it will be to be husband and wife with him ?

Subject: Re: Private drawing room Wed Oct 17, 2012 10:47 am

I looked at her and gave a little nod.

''Yes he have a many enemies but you can not say that in his downfall Boleyn's have not have the great role.Boleyn hated him since I remember it was just matter of time when they ruin him.''

I smiled to her softly.

''Yes you will be happy with your family and friends like you were before him.And that is his loose and not yours,he lose the great women and a great Queen.''

I looked down blushing a bit.

''I am sure that I will be happy with him and that I will love him,for anything else I am not sure.Like you said it is beginning of a great adventure.''

Subject: Re: Private drawing room Wed Oct 17, 2012 7:21 pm

Emilie bite her lips again, reflecting.

Father Boleyn, have play a big role in this, yes, but i think it was mostly Howard's idea and anyway as i told, he isn't the only one to have contribuate to his downfall.

She take a deep inspiration, feeling the need to explain her feelings about Boleyn family and still the urge to defend them.

I can understand how you feel toward Thomas Boleyn, myself I know him only of view, but I can feel that he isn't a good person and I know from someone very close to him that he can be very dangerous man... But I don't like hearing talk badly about the whole Boleyn family, I find it injust, they aren't all the same. They are ambitious, it's true, but it's the case of all of the courtiers, all the families who live at court do have ambitions, like Seymours for exemple ... Boleyn family aren't the devil people that people think they are.

She turn for look deep in her eyes and add on a confidence tone, the air a bit mysterious.

And, even if it's may surprise you, three of them are closes and dears to me.

She glance to her daughter and smile, seeing her still taken in her game, thinking that it's would has been impossible to have a better child than her and that she will surely remain her only child.
She smile at Mary's words and nodd.

Well I don't know how I would has been as queen, but I would certainly have do my best but above all, I could have give him all of me, all my love and all my life but he will not be able to have this anymore, so it's indeed his lost.

She gesture to Olympe, looking at her lovingly, the air moved and add.

You know, I feel very lucky to have such a marvel .. she was totally unexpected, I was even unhappy to be pregnant seen the precarity of my situation of the period, and I was so young ... and though she is a perfect little angel, better than all the children that I could have imagine to have got some day and I don't feel the need to have another children, she make my happiness, my life was so dark before her coming, she have lighten up all this.

Emilie turn to Mary, smiling and nodd.

Well, then you know the essential, that you will love him, all the rest will come naturally with time, don't worry.

Subject: Re: Private drawing room Thu Oct 18, 2012 11:16 am

I looked away as I shook my head slowly.

''For you maybe are not all bad but for me they are all the same.I don't like Boleyn family and what they are doing to my brother .They are to ambitious for me more than Seymour family and I don't like them,since they try to ruin my brother in every way and England.I don't even recognize my brother anymore.So no I don't like them and I never will!''

I said seriously,looking at her.

''I know that George Boleyn is the father of your daughter and I am not surprised that you are on their side.I don't judge you we all choose with whom we will be friends but you can not except from me to like them .''

I smiled to her a little.

''You would be a excellent Queen I am sure of it....Yes the rest will come with time.''

Subject: Re: Private drawing room Thu Oct 18, 2012 7:28 pm

Emilie take a deep ispiration, thinking that if Mary did know them personally notably Anne, George and their mother, she would change her mlnd and see well that Anne love the king and hadn't bad intentions toward him, at the contrary.

George isn't only my daughter's father, a good and loving father, he also has been my first love and the only one long lasting love I ever had and he is still dear to me, like a old friend. And his sister Anne, is one of my older friends in England and still one of my best friends and their mother, Elizabeth, is a good grandmother for OIympe, she care of her very much and I do like her too for that.

She turn to look in her eyes and add with a solemn tone, sadness in her eyes, she glance to her daughter.

And Olympe, herself, have Boleyn blood that flood in her veins, she is theirs too, so, I don't expect you to change your mind about them nor do I judge you either, your sister had the same opinions about them, but please don't insult them before me, because if you insult this family, you insult my daughter too.

She sigh.

You know, now that all this is over, I can't imagine that it's could really had happen nor imagine myself as queen.

Subject: Re: Private drawing room Thu Oct 18, 2012 8:54 pm

I sighed deeply,looking around the room.

''I don't wish to offend your daughter in any way.You know that I love her very much as I love you as well.But we have a different opinion about them and my will never change and it is better if we don't talk about it anymore,because I don't wish to offend you.''

I said this more seriously then before.

''Yes it is over but maybe one day you will be Queen after all you have royal blood.''

Subject: Re: Private drawing room Fri Oct 19, 2012 2:15 pm

Emilie sigh, glancing to Olympe who continue to play around the couch wih the pillows, carefree and lifeful.

I am not offended, I do love you and I know that you don't wanted to offend my daughter and that you love her, but don't forget that she is a Boleyn, even if not in name, but in her blood and flesh and in her link of love with her father and grandmother, she is and it's would pain her if she hear talking badly of them, when she will be in age for understand.

She nodd.

Yes, it's better that we don't talk about them anymore together, because me I will not change my opinion about them either and it's hurt me to hear talking badly of them, especially with my daughter being one of them ... aside for the father who I don't like either at all.

She look in Mary's eyes.

Well, it's true, but I am illegitime, I am not a princess of blood like you, in more, as I told I don't I don't want to marry nor even get in couple with anyone ... but who know what future can bring to us ? it's could happen if it's god's willing.

She take a inspiration.

If ever I did encounter another king and fall in love with him, I would be happy to marry him because so I would be reassured as I know that our future would be assured because we would never lack of anything and that our children will have good position and make good marriages. But I would accept to marry him only if there is real and deep love between he and I.

She reflect and add.

But I would as well had accept to marry someone of much lower rank or even a commoner, as long as he could support his family, assure us a comfortable life and good posiblities of future for our children, especially if he was a courtier ... but only if it was real love, too. But anyway, all this is only in absolute terms, because a priori I don't want to get married.

Subject: Re: Private drawing room Fri Oct 19, 2012 3:11 pm

I sighed and gave a little nod.

''I know she is Boleyn by her blood but that doesn't mean that she is like them,or that she will ever be..I know that you want to protect her but here at court will be hard to do,she will her many stories about Boleyn's here no matter how hard you try to hid them.''

I smiled to her softly.

''Maybe you are not princess like me,but for your father you were...You say that now because you are disappointed in love,but in time the wound will heal and you will meet someone and be in love again...You know me I am always for true love no matter if is the King or courtier it is just impotent if that person makes you happy...But why,you don't want to marry?''

Subject: Re: Private drawing room Fri Oct 19, 2012 8:34 pm

Emilie look at her with a shoched air in hearing her words.

What do you do mean by not being like them ? you talk of them as if they was monsters or devils ... they are human beings, you know.

She sigh.

And Olympe have many commun points with them, she look very much like her father for the face features, especially the mouth, she do have exactly the same smile, she also share it with her grandmother and aunt. And I have notice that she developp the same sense of humour as her father, she laugh to the same things as him and use some of his expressions too. He do have learn her to do some funny faces and since then, she do it all the time, exactly the same way he do.

She smile as she see again the moment where she have catch them doing funny face to each others around the table in the dining room, then her face get solemn again as she hear Mary her second sentence, recalling of her friend's hostility toward them, then she sigh again.

I know it, she yet must have hear bad things about them and I don't intend to try to hide it, but to help her to separate the part of lies and slanders in it of the part of real and for what is real, to explain it . In fact, I don't care of what court people can tell ... just coming from someone close to us like you, it's different.

She look at a detail of the painting in the wall in front of her, shake her head and answer her.

You know the wound is yet cured and I yet did think like that before Armand and it have only confirm me in my feeling, because if a story that did seem that much serious like the one I did start with him don't work, how could it work ? I think it's better for the peace of my heart to lead a peaceful single mother's life and anyway, I simply don't see myself being with a man anymore.

She sigh.

I don't think I will fall in love again, I don't fall in love easely, in fact I has been really in love only twices times, with George Boleyn and with king Armand and about his majesty, with hindsight, I am not even sure weither it was real and deep love or a intense but ephemerous passion. I had a few flirts aside them in the past but I wasn't in love.

She take a deep breath.

I don't want to get married because I don't want a man in my life anymore, I think that it's would bring me more unuseful and avoidable pains and disappointment than pleasure or joy. Of course, as I told, I can't know what future will bring to me but I don't see myself in love again. If ever I did find real love, who would be like the charming prince of my childhood's dreams, I would probably marry him, but I just don't believe in it anymore. Sorry if it can seem bitter talking but it's really how I feel.

Subject: Re: Private drawing room Sat Oct 20, 2012 5:39 pm

I sighed deeply again.

''I am sorry Emilie but for me they are the monsters ...For me Olympe is sweetes thing and i don't want to hurt her in anyway and from me she will never hear anything bad about them but still that doesn't change my opinion about them and never will.''

I nodded to her softly.

''Yes it is better in this way without him in your life since he choose not to come to you again,it is better to move on and be happy as much as you can.I think it was a passion between you and the King but when the real love comes you will know it for sure''

i smile a bit.

''I understand you...you can be happy and successful without any man in you life,and you already prove it.But as you told who knows,what will future brings?And maybe you will meet your charming prince that you dreamed of''

Subject: Re: Private drawing room Sat Oct 20, 2012 6:40 pm

Emilie shake her head, sincerely shoced, she can't believe that such a sweet woman like Mary can consider any person, especially some people she love, like monsters, because herself consider and recognize as human beings even people she dislike the most, she exclaim calmy, nearly short of breath.

My god ... you really think so.

She feel the envy to ask her what she know of them exactly aside for court things for being able to judge them, doubting that she had ever even talk with any of them once time before to make her idea about them ... but she instantly understand that it's unuseful and renounce, don't wanting to risk to argue with her friend, she
sighing heavely and answer her on a tone a bit sad.

I have well understand that you will never change your mind about them, you yet told me ... but thank you for accept to don't talk badly of them before Olympe and me anyway, it's all what I ask to you and wait from you about them.

Emilie take a deep inspiraiton while listneing to her answer about king Armand.

In fact, I feel relieved that it's really over, because I couldn't stand this crazy situation, waiting for a man of whom I didn't get any news nor any signs that he did recalled of our engagement nor even of my very existance, aside for one letter, in nearly two years ... So I move on without hesitations nor regrets and I will try to be happy as much as I can !

She nodd, the air serious.

Yes, I have think to it very much lately and now I think that it was only ephemerous passion ... if ever I find real love with someone, I will surely know it indeed.

As images of her love of the past with her daughter's father, back then she was all new at court, so young and so naive, she hardly recognize herself as she see again their first real kiss and words of love on the shore of the lake, she smile slighty and add.

After all I have yet been really in love once time in the past and I recall a bit how it feel, even if it's seem like has been in another life now.

She sigh slighty in recalling once more how it ended up, thinking that she really isn't lucly in love and she had, smiling with a disilluionned air and add.

Sometimes, I nearly wonder if, like in my childhood fairyales, some bad fairy hadn't lean over my crib when I was a baby and spell on me, something like "you will be very unlucky in your love life !'

She nodd again.

Indeed, it isn't a problem for me nor do I worry about it at all, I know that I am happy without any man in my life.

She giggle softly.

Maybe indeed, who know ? even if I am spectical about it, as you know.

Subject: Re: Private drawing room Sat Oct 20, 2012 7:22 pm

I looked around than back at her.

''It is better if we don't talk about them any more...I promise that I will never speak of them badly in any way in front of you or your daughter.''

I nodded to her.

''it is better this way! You are free and not waiting someone who might will never come back...I understand you,I was lost like you not remembering how it was to be loved or that feeling at all,you can live without it and somehow you can not.''

I laugh a bit.

''Oh Emilie! You are not believing in that really? You are not curse you just didn't meet the right man for you.

Subject: Re: Private drawing room Sat Oct 20, 2012 9:36 pm

Emilie sigh.

Indeed, it's would be better ... thank you for your promesses anyway.

She nodd.

Yes, it's much better like that and I will be even much more careful in the future about passion.

She lean her back to the couch more comfortably, glance to her daughter.

I can live without it, I don't need it ... when I recall of times where I was in love, it seem to me that my life had a special magie, a different taste and light, I also recall how I felt so happy when I was in his arms and so worried to lost this happiness when he wasn't with me ...

She smile slighty, then grow werious again.

But maybe, it was so long ago, especially the first period, when the two of us have encounter ... how can I know if my memories are exact images of what happened or partly imaginatives and changed by time ? ... it's look like dreams sometimes where it's hard to differency real of irreal.

She laugh with her.

I don't really believe it, not, but it's could be ! I maybe hadn't encounter the right man, but I doubt that I will ever encounter a man who would be the right one for me .. we will see.

Subject: Re: Private drawing room Sun Oct 21, 2012 12:49 pm

I nodded to her a little.

''Yes the life always seams so different when we are in love....We are happy and everything seams so wonderful...I don't know,I guess it is something you feel and know that is real even if looks like dream.''

I smiled softly and sighed.

''I don't know....I do believe that every person have someone right for them and it is just matter of time when they will meet.''

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