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Chapter 8​.​1: The Scandal

from Music For Places IV: The Rings of Saturn by Lee Barry

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"From 1860, FitzGerald spent a large part of his time either by the sea or on board the ocean-going yacht he had built and named Scandal. From Woodbridge he would sail down the Deben and up the coast to Lowestoft, where he hired his crew from among the herring fishers, all the time looking for a face that reminded him of William Browne. FitzGerald sailed far out into the German Ocean, and, just as he had always refused to dress for particular occasions, so, instead of donning one of the newly fashionable yachting outfits, he would wear an old frock coat and a top hat tied fast. The sole concession he made to the stylish appearance expected of a yachtsman was the long white feather boa which he reportedly liked to sport on deck and which fluttered behind him in the breeze, visible at a good distance. In the late summer of 1863, FitzGerald decided to cross to Holland in the Scandal in order to see the portrait of the young Louis Trip, painted by Ferdinand Bol in 1652, which was in the museum in The Hague. Upon arrival in Rotterdam, his traveling companion, one George Manby of Woodbridge, persuaded him to view the great seaport first." (p. 204)

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from Music For Places IV: The Rings of Saturn, released April 2, 2018

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