samedi 8 décembre 2012

Vatel, cooking for Louis 14, and Jacintha, nurse for Kate, four centuries after !! All the same !

April 24, 1671, according to "Mme de Sévigné" (a french writer.)



 "The King arrived Thursday; hunting, lanterns, walking, snack at a place lined with daffodils, everything was to perfection. At dinner, there were a few tables where the roast missed due to several dinners where no one had expected. Vatel said many times: I'm lost honor. The night comes: fireworks fails, it cost 16 000 F. 4 h am, a small caregiver provides only few fishes, "Is that all?" Vatel request. "Yes, sir." Vatel waits, other caregivers don't come, he believes he will have no other fishes; he goes to his room, puts his sword against the door and pass through his heart, but it was only at the third blow he fell dead. Then, the fishes comes from all sides, everybody seek him to distribute .. he is found drowned in his blood. "Monsieur le Duc" cried, all was based on Vatel.. However Gourville repair the loss.. we dined very well, had a snack, then supped, walked, played, were hunting, everything was marvellous, fragrant daffodils, we delighted."

December 7, 2012

 The Duchess* arrived at the hospital Thursday suffering from nausea. Everything was to perfection. With some appropriate medications, nausea ceased, she fell asleep. Two journalists posing as the queen and the prince asked of her. The nurse, Jacintha Saldanha, aged 46, mother of two, immediately passed the phone to a colleague who answered at the questions "she's fine, she sleeps, she no longer has nausea, you can see her to morrow after 9 am ". The spokesman for the Queen expressed her shock that such a fail in the security system was possible in a place where her family is a faithful practice. The nurse was found dead the next day. The Hospital Director praised her perfect professionalism. The Prince and the Duchess expressed their deep sadness.

(*Kate Middleton, the wife of the future king, who is pregnant.)

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