No, no, Bald Eagle, this is a subject designed for pomposity! As in a French salon, the important thing is to make ridiculous sweeping statements, and then back them up with judicious (if not lubricious) evidence, and bat it back and forth. We lack only a fine Bordeaux.

I agree with the lady, if not her morals. On your own terms, if she is handling many lovers, surely that requires a certain amount of logistical skill over bumpy terrain, marshalling your soldiers in a certain order, etc.

I am sure that her version of "making love" is far more about the manoeuvering and plotting and determining the weak and strong points of the enemy, etc. than kat's more benign "life-making". Her skills at that would be far above the capacity of any mere Anglo-Saxon (I am Anglo-Saxon) to comprehend. I assume that she combined within herself the tactical skill of Marlborough, the panache of Nelson, and the effortless surprises of Robert E. Lee, as does any ordinary Frenchwoman of my previous acquaintance. So I heartily agree that she would have seen through any loutish general: but would not it be true of all generals, less or great, sexually aroused or not? Has any general ever outwitted a lady on the ground of her own choosing? The ordinary Frenchwoman at work is awe-inspiring: not unlike the young Napoleon, but with far more artillery at her command.

yours, Peter T. P.S. sorry about hundred. Alwas profreed.