Last week's question was:- "What french word came to describe all of the ex-aristocrats who fled France after the Revolution of 1789?"
A Traveller in Time correctly responded "Emigres."
Settling in places like Switzerland, Rome, England, and even America, these displaced aristrocrats were frequently despised by their host nations for their unwillingness to accept that life had changed. They were known for carrying on within their own communities very much as they had at home... until constraints of money forced them to do otherwise.
This week's question is:- What manner of public conveyance in France could be used to travel for free, or very cheaply, so long as you were not in a hurry to get directly to a particular destination, and didn't mind traveling with some light, but bulky cargo?
The diary of an eighteenth century French noblewoman, and information relating to her world.
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Just a guess. The ''diligence'?
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