skygiants

the man with the lazy eyes and the mocking lips, the demmed, elusive Pimpernel of his day-dreams and his sleepless nights.

Is there really any heterosexual explanation for Chauvelin? Is there?

Also, I love that Percy basically calls Chauvelin on the Kate-Beaton-Nemesis nature of their relationship ("We should both of us have missed much of the zest of life," GOD Percy), because that in itself is quality trolling, especially given that Chauvelin frankly seems more invested than Percy does. Percy has too many other interests in life to obsess properly. It's hard to imagine him lying awake thinking about Chauvelin.

Also let's be real, any child ACTUALLY raised by Chauvelin would have turned out a fire-breathing revolutionary with a little cockade. Chauvelin must have let the nursemaid do all the actually raising of Fleurette or something.