Date: 2010-02-20 08:43 am (UTC)
Well, I know what Turkish baths are, I have even visited them several times. What I meant was that I did not know what they stood for in the late 18th century Paris. For example, sauna, a perfectly innocent family activity in Northern and Central Europe, refers in Spain to a place of casual male gay encounter (so if you are in Spain and see a "sauna" neon on a builing, think twice whether it's really what you are looking for).

As for the engagement with Eleonore: that's quite a different story, because at least there are testimonies coming from some of the people actually involved, though these testimonies are contradictory. It's a matter of giving credibility to different sources. In case of R-SJ involvment, there are no such sources to interpret.
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