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> When he needs to meet with women at work or his church, he makes sure doors are left open and another person is present. Saint-Simon, the memorialist descibi
by bambax 9y ago
> When he needs to meet with women at work or his church, he makes sure doors are left open and another person is present.
Saint-Simon, the memorialist descibing life at the court of Louis XIV of France in the late 17th century, tells how, when the King had a meeting with his current mistress, he would leave all doors open so that no one would wonder about what was going on.
The problem was, when the King met with other women (or men) he would have the doors closed, so the fact that the doors were open was a tell! ;-)