Joe fancy you finding a book by Chateaubriand

Where did you find it

Les Bouquinistes

I adore the area

What is the book called

Les Natchez

He wrote it in England whilst exiled

I do not know that much about him

I studied him at college

Do you know that Chateaubriand enjoyed an intense friendship

With his sister Lucile

How intense

There is no evidence to indicate it was incestuous

But there is a clue in a novella by Chateaubriand

Which novella

René which appeared in 1802

In it Amelie the sister of René

Suddenly decides to become a nun

He attends her initiation ceremony

It is during this time that Amelie reveals

The real reason why she joined the convent

Was that she wanted to overcome

Her incestuous love for him

Do they all die in the finish

I believe so

Stop playing with me

You know more than that

On another subject if it is okay with you

We should explore Genoa for the next few days

It is a very interesting city with so much history

Chateaubriand was the French ambassador to Genoa for a while

It is probably celebrated somewhere

Do you like this hotel

Very much it is so elegant

I was thinking would you like to see Milan

We can stay as long as you like

And then we can get a train back to Cannes

It is a beautiful journey along the coast

With stunning sea views

Have you travelled here before

Yes after we broke away from each other

Before Lisbon

Yes before Lisbon

Joe when do Italy play their first game

On Saturday evening

Can we watch it is a bar as I want to experience the atmosphere

I will wear my Italian football shirt

You look beautiful in blue

It is not the destination but the journey Joe

I think I am beginning to understand what that means