Georgiana did not know exactly how old the Austrian princess was now, but she was probably still a child.
Marie Louise was certainly capable of bearing children. Just thinking that she had lost to her gave her an absurd feeling.
At least Napoleon and Josephine's meeting had been romantic. They had met in turbulent times because of a saber. To some extent, Georgiana even envied them.
And it was Metternich who had arranged Napoleon and Marie Louise's marriage.
The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. After her hypocritical "socializing" with Metternich, she went into the storeroom and began smashing things.
It did not matter how expensive the porcelain and crystal goblets were. She was simply furious.
When investigating the Jack the Ripper case, someone had once reasoned that the killer was a woman jealous of others' ability to bear children. At first, she had found that conclusion absurd, but now she no longer did. If it had been her, though, she would not have killed old women in their forties. She would have chosen young girls.
Perhaps people would say she had a dark mind. Only those with darkness in their hearts saw darkness in everything and envied those living in the sunlight.
Lily had died young, still possessing a pure soul, unable to hear the slander and gossip directed at her.
Pomona firmly believed that Lily had begun dating James Potter because he had been willing to change for her. Not because he was wealthy, or, more absurdly, because she wanted to get close to Sirius through James.
She even somewhat believed what Josephine and Lenormand had said: that she had approached Charles the cavalryman for Napoleon's sake, making him listen at the parliament for anyone plotting against him.
After smashing everything she could lift with