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Message: <blockquote data-quote="orchid blossom" data-source="post: 6246073" data-attributes="member: 12815">Abby switched to french. "Would it offend anyone on the staff if I said whatever is being made for all of you is just fine for me?" she asked conspiratorially.Francine looked surprised for a moment, then gave her a bit of a smile. "I do not think so, Mademoiselle. Please, come sit and we will take care of you."A few minutes later Abby was seated at the long dining table again, this time alone but she didn't mind the quiet. A copy of the latest newspaper from Paris sat beside her, and she read it with lazy curiosity and she ate the simple but delicious lunch the staff would be enjoying. A hearty chicken stew, warm, soft bread and perfectly crisp green beans.Not long afterward she could be found in the library, poking into books on French history around Queen Mary's time. It wasn't long before she had a stack of paper, several books, and pen and ink and was making notes.</blockquote>