Jiggling enough to keep the attention, Maria asked, “Do you like what you see?”
“Pauca sed matura” Was his enigmatic response, it sounded like latin to me, I tried to work that out, my latin was very rusty, ‘shabby, but old’ maybe. I summon up my best German to say “Do I have the honor of addressing Carl Friedrich Gauss, the eminent Mathematician?”
Given my sketchy accent, I knew Dutch, not Deutsch, I must have sounded like I’d just fallen off of a hay lorry. XXX If you’re in Paris you should visit her, I could provide a letter of introduction.”
“That would be most agreeable Dr Gauss.”
I’d never heard of this person either, but she sounded intriguing if Gauss were recommending her.
Actors:
Ellie Idol
