Paris.
In the first-class dining hall of the France Engineering Design Institute, Queen Mary glanced at the fish soup in front of her, then looked up at Louis XVI sitting opposite her:
"So, Joseph told me to exercise more, and I just jogged here from the Petit Trianon Palace."
The King nodded in satisfaction: "That's not a short distance. Thank Jesus, your health is much better than before."
"Especially after going to Brest." Queen Mary said in a boastful tone, "That place is simply paradise. There are beautiful beaches and humid air, and crabs and razor clams everywhere. I went beachcombing every day.
"By the way, do you know what beachcombing is?"
"Uh, what's that?"
"Accepting the gifts of nature by the sea! It's really tremendously fun…"
More than ten minutes later, Louis XVI was poking at the roasted oysters on his plate with his fork, and asked rather absentmindedly, "So it's just catching crabs and shrimp like the fishermen do?"
