For this quote, and the entire letter from which it is taken, see Paine's "Joan of Arc: Maid of France", Vol. I, p. 353 [the letter runs from p. 352 – 358) "Her childhood was spent among the forests and strawberry-covered fields of the Meuse river valley, far from the north...
Well, to quote Deep Throat, follow the money.When you put a group of well-heeled women together, who by the way, are often married to well-heeled men, who museum leaders want to court for one reason or another, they are teflonned.Any hint of distress might mean less giving. Is it ...