At daybreak, the clouds near the horizon in the southern sky took on a hazy rose tint. The farther west one looked, the darker the clouds became; the farther east, the brighter the mist along the horizon appeared. White houses in the east were almost invisible, while those to the south grew more deeply stained with rose the farther away they were.
In the morning, the upper layers of fog were denser than the lower ones because the sun drew them upward. Thus, the upper floors of tall buildings vanished from sight, even though the top and bottom floors were equally distant from the observer.
The high sky and the horizon therefore appeared dim, their color closer not to blue but to smoke and dust. The mist-shrouded air contained no blue at all and resembled clouds; on clear days, clouds turned white, growing darker toward the west and brighter toward the east. Green fields took on a cyan-blue hue in light mist, then turned black when the fog thickened.
This was the world in Leonardo da Vinci's paintings.
November was Brumaire. Bonaparte intended to hold a celebration for the Coup of 18 Brumaire, and Georgiana felt that Sieyès definitely would not want to attend.
She did not need to concern herself with agricultural loans either. People in France had established the Agricultural Credit Administration themselves, using local treasuries and commercial banks to solve farmers' short-term cash-flow problems while also providing commercial and legal mutual assistance.
It might even become a credit bank in the future. Bankers had been preparing to organize it since last year, and even after Georgiana had "gone mad," they continued methodically with their work.
There were three main ways to increase monetary credit: spend money, increase national debt, and raise taxes.
National debt was too risky.