(Oh, hey, Christian Brückner! Loved his Sayers' audiobooks back in the day.)
because the way it came across to me, Fritz was insinuating sex with Émilie was the main reason why Voltaire remained with her instead of moving to Prussia to be with Fritz. Hence Voltaire's reaction.
Oh, absolutely, I got that vibe from Fritz as well, and so initially, Voltaire's reaction seemed to make some sense, except then he went all "no sex with Émilie at all, how dare you, and anyway, I'm too old for that now" which made me call BS and so I went and checked the records, i.e. rheinsberg. :D
Re: Reading more Fritz/Voltaire letters (1740-42)
because the way it came across to me, Fritz was insinuating sex with Émilie was the main reason why Voltaire remained with her instead of moving to Prussia to be with Fritz. Hence Voltaire's reaction.
Oh, absolutely, I got that vibe from Fritz as well, and so initially, Voltaire's reaction seemed to make some sense, except then he went all "no sex with Émilie at all, how dare you, and anyway, I'm too old for that now" which made me call BS and so I went and checked the records, i.e.