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What Queen Mariah Martell would have worn, Jamal Taslaq
Her marriage to Daeron II Targaryen sealed the pact between Dorne and the Iron throne.
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‘Now, take it from me, old man, that kind of thing won’t do at all.’
Lord Peter delicately raised his eyebrows.
‘Of course,’ pursued Mr Weldon, ‘I see your game all right. You’re nuts on this kind of thing and it’s all a darn good advertisement, and it gives you a jolly good excuse for barging round with the girl. That’s quite all right. But it’s not quite the game to go playing my mother up, if you see what I mean. So I thought I’d just give you a hint. You won’t take offence?’
‘I am quite ready,’ said Lord Peter, ‘to take anything I am offered.’
Mr Weldon looked puzzled for a moment and then burst into a hearty laugh. ‘That’s good,’ he said, ‘dashed good. What was yours? Martell Three-Star? Here, Johnnie, same again for this gentleman.’
‘Thank you, no,’ said Wimsey. You misunderstood me.’
‘Oh, come—another little spot won’t do you any harm. No? Oh, well, if you won’t, you won’t. Mine’s a Scotch-and-soda. Well, now, we understand one another, eh?’
‘Oh, yes. I think I understand you perfectly.’
–Dorothy L. Sayers, Have His Carcase (1932). Chapter XII. The Evidence of the Bride’s Son.
Bottle of Martell Three-Star cognac, c. 1930s. (x)
Closer view of c. 1930s label. (x)
Martell’s advertisement, 1934. (x)
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Arianne Martell
