sovay: (Cho Hakkai: intelligence)
sovay ([personal profile] sovay) wrote 2011-05-19 05:12 pm (UTC)

At the Congress of Vienna, where he was representing the Bourbons, he was asked if he needed anything sent from Paris: "I have more than enough secretaries, but send saucepans!"

That's awesome. I'm glad to know he would have appreciated his complicated flaming dessert.
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