Georgiana was reading in the speeding carriage.
Fiegel, dressed in a dragoon captain's uniform, unexpectedly got along very well with Matilda. They were eagerly discussing what Georgiana should wear when they arrived in Rouen.
Georgiana had heard that when the Hogwarts Express was about to arrive, the children would start changing into their school uniforms. She felt the same way now, except her trunk contained no school robes.
First impressions were very important. If someone looked sloppy at first glance, then even if they appeared carefully dressed every time afterward, it would be difficult to leave a good impression again.
Georgiana still trusted Matilda's taste. Besides, these outfits had all been put together by Parisian fashion designers, so there should not be any problems.
Josephine's style of dress still retained the extravagance and splendor of the House of Bourbon era. After all, Viscount Beauharnais himself had been Louis XV's tailor. Georgiana's clothing leaned toward London's dandy style. Though she did not know why, the twentieth-century fashion world seemed to consider women wearing men's clothing fashionable. Dandy style advocated simplicity and refinement, perhaps because it had been influenced by Protestant culture, just as Protestant churches were generally plainer than Catholic churches.
The "book" she was reading was actually a set of case files handled by Pope Benedict XII in the fourteenth century, when he had served as a bishop in southern France and an Inquisition judge in the pastoral mountain village of Montaillou.
This case was far less famous than Salem's, perhaps because no one died after the trial, and the punishments were relatively light. No dozens were hanged or burned as in Salem. Yet the case lasted from 1318 to 1325, with 370 days of trials, 578 interrogations, ninety-eight cases involved, and 114 people prosecuted. It was quite a record.