Thank you for the link. Someone, out of a few, it seems, broke her heart and she never returned. Boldini perhaps?
Money was never an issue and the rent payments continued for almost seven decades. I can only imagine the amount on the Right Bank, unless that was frozen in time as well. I highly doubt it. She must have had money managers with her wealth.
It’s been many, many years since I was in Paris. My mind drifts back to looking up at the beautiful balconies along the streets in the Quartier Latin and imagining the lives of those who lived there.
No matter the wars, the politics; Paris was a magical place for me - to visit! :)
"Born on 9 September 1864, the beautiful Madame Marthe de Florian (whose birth name was Mathilde Héloïse Beaugiron) originally owned the apartment and used it to entertain special male guests. During La Belle Époque, Marthe was a famed actress and demimondaine (courtesan) known for having a bevy of famous lovers that include Georges Clemenceau (before he was the 72nd Prime Minister of France), Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau (68th Prime Minister of France), Paul Deschanel (11th President of France), Gaston Doumergue (13th President of France), and the Italian artist Giovanni Boldini. The UK's Daily Mail reports that there are even passionate love letters tied in silk ribbon within the apartment - oh how I would love to read them!"
Seems to be a talented, fashionable and wealthy ho.