First published at 20:08 UTC on April 24th, 2023.
Chapter VIII:
"Qui? Toi m’abandonner! Ou vas-tu? Non! demeure,
Demeure!"
La Harpe, "Le Comte de Warwick," Act IV, Sc. V.
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Well that's quite a plot twist!
The picture used is King Louis Philippe fleeing from Paris …
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Chapter VIII:
"Qui? Toi m’abandonner! Ou vas-tu? Non! demeure,
Demeure!"
La Harpe, "Le Comte de Warwick," Act IV, Sc. V.
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Well that's quite a plot twist!
The picture used is King Louis Philippe fleeing from Paris after his abdication, Paris 24 February 1848.
So, everything about this picture is wrong for our scene, it's 55 years later than our story, it's a couple fleeing Paris, not Venice, and it's royalty, not commoners. But it is a couple taking to flight to escape an evil fate, which is what I was looking for, and I couldn't find anything else even remotely approaching this theme, so this is what we are left with.
To follow along: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2664/2664-h/2664-h.htm#link2HCH0063
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