Guelfs and Ghibellines came to mind as the historian walked into my chalet accompanied by our
chairman F.________, and two other beauties, G.________ and Q.________. But I had eyes only for
C.________, with love being too weak a word to describe how I felt the moment I laid eyes on her. One
thing is for sure. If I.________ lays a hand on her during the next five years I will squash him like a gnat,
or better yet shorten him by a foot or two with an 'empi' (elbow strike) which will cut him down to
Napoleonic size. (I.________ is writing an opus on Napoleon, and C.________, author of a biography
of Madame de Montespan among others, is assisting him.)