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Veronica left her room, excited for the chance to have her own private art project. Sure, she had plenty of paperwork to do, cataloging the pieces she'd collected and filling out notes based on what she'd learned about the Marquis de Monceau during her time in Paris. Léonard had introduced her to some mutual acquaintances of his and Monceau's, including Monsieur Firmin, former director of the L'Ecole d'Archaeologie, which had been based out of the Louvre until the Prussian Siege had closed the school and scattered the students. Léonard had later confided in Veronica that Firmin would likely be fleeing Paris, as the authorities had connected him to the disappearance of the students' tuition deposits for the Spring 1871 semester. However, when she'd met Firmin, he'd seemed stern and not t
