For most women, once their love lives went unfulfilled, they sought comfort in material things—jewelry, splendid clothes. Some, like Hepburn Smith, enjoyed collecting antiques. Later, those antiques drew Voldemort to her and ultimately brought about her death.
Albus had once said that she was a pitiful woman. In truth, Madame de Pompadour counted as one too.
A noblewoman was often surrounded by many artists, who depended on her for their livelihood. Madame de Pompadour's favorite artist was Étienne Maurice Falconet. His "Cupid" and "Diana" were now displayed at the Louvre Museum.
He was also appreciated by Catherine the Great, and spent thirteen years in Russia.
Before leaving France for Russia, he had served as sculpture supervisor at the Sèvres National Porcelain Factory for ten years. During that period, he lived in a Baroque-style villa near the factory.
That villa was where Georgiana's "salon" was located. It had fortunately escaped the devastation of the French Revolution. With a few repairs and furniture moved in, it could be used.
She also intended to reserve the first floor for artists, while the second floor would be for receiving guests. Perhaps Josephine had been so exhausted and so desperate to die because she received too many visitors every day. She had been fulfilling her duties as Napoleon's wife too, though she had nearly made a foolish mistake.
There were always salesmen who came to women's doors, lavishly praising their goods and doing everything they could to sell useless trinkets. That was when having a man in the house proved useful. He would look at those products rationally, then drive away the ill-intentioned salesmen.
Napoleon was working at four in the morning, which proved that he was genuinely busy. But he could not focus solely on outside affairs and forget his home.
The last time