Henry Redouté was on library duty today. He was the younger brother of Pierre Redouté, the "Raphael of Flowers," and had once accompanied Napoleon to Egypt.
Now that the library held classified materials, someone needed to be on duty. Jardin des Plantes was actually not far from Quail Hill. Georgiana had been there once; it was where Paris's dyeing and leather industries were concentrated. Many workers were employed there, which meant they tended to find housing nearby.
Jardin des Plantes had not contained anything valuable before, so there had been no need to worry about anyone coveting it. Now its defenses needed to be strengthened, especially regarding information about upland cotton.
In fact, 90 percent of America's current territory was already covered by the Sea Island cotton belt. Beyond the 97th meridian, only a small area remained suitable for cultivation, particularly the stretch from Little Rock to Saint Louis. There was no Missouri River or Red River there to serve as a defense; they could only rely on boundary markers to define the border.
She arrived at the large conference room, where maps covered the walls, making it look like some kind of combat command center. The sight irritated her.
She felt that, without realizing it, she had become less and less like her former self. The Raymond brothers often went to Malmaison's greenhouse to sketch, and those flowers all looked delicate, as though they needed to be cared for.
Hogwarts had dungeons. During the Middle Ages, a lord could imprison convicts in his own castle after their trial. The Duke's castle in Ghent was the same.
Venice's Bridge of Sighs linked the courthouse and the prison. Between Great Châtelet Castle and Little Châtelet Castle stood an "Exchange Bridge," built when the currency-exchange trade rose in the twelfth century.
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