"When I was young I wanted to change the world, forge an empire, discover the secret of immortality and wear outrageously priced waistcoats decorated with those gold ankhs you can buy in Mrs Miggins' occult shop in Chelsea. But now my knees hurt and I just want leave the room with a little dignity - Fortuna has not been kind to me, Camille."
"Have another cup of green tea and stop complaining, uncle."
"You don't sound terribly sympathetic."
"I'm not. You've no-one to blame but yourself."
Baron H. Parzifal talking to his niece
Bangkok, 1821
"Have another cup of green tea and stop complaining, uncle."
"You don't sound terribly sympathetic."
"I'm not. You've no-one to blame but yourself."
Baron H. Parzifal talking to his niece
Bangkok, 1821
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