1.2.7-Valdsbejakande

ClubNinetyThree 1.2.7
I do not know boats. At all. My grandfather loved the sea, my sister and her husband used to be sailors. My father worked at ships, my uncle builds them. I barely understand a word of what is going on in this chapter.

As for the cruisers, they were the squadron from Cancale, afterwards made famous under the command of that Captain Duchesne whom Léquinio called “Father Duchêne.”

Lequinio! He was an interesting dude. If I remember correctly from The Women of Paris and their French Revolution, he was the only one to discuss what we’d today call feminism in the National Convention. He wrote a pamphlet suggesting that the war in the Vendée be solved with propaganda efforts, including dance parties, and if that didn’t work to just murder everyone.

Father Duchesne was a character written by Hébert, famous for swearing a lot and being generally the most angry revolutionary in town.

Commentary
Pilferingapples Dance Parties to mass murder. That’s a man with a flexible approach to situations.

Thank you for the references!:D