From the journal of Ellen Lambert:
Paris - Royalty and Revolution
Charles and I embarked upon a new chapter in our lives as we migrated to Paris where we took on new lives and livelihoods.Part of the fun of donning new identities concerned the titles and airs we could give ourselves.We decided on the Comte and Comtesse de Lanier, Henri-Charles and Elise.Presenting ourselves as aristocrats, the Parisians accepted us right away, particularly those who fawned over titled personages.After we took a large pied-a-terre on the Rue des Petites Champs, Charles and I established a salon where the bourgeoisie, the intellectual crowd, the aristocrats and the radicals could congregate, mingle and discuss whatever topics they wished, just like the parlor gatherings I encouraged in Athens.