New Orleans Suite.... based on a True story....

The audacious French-Creole.... Solaine Suzette La Fontaine....

Tall.... with large, lovely, gimlet eyes and long, caramel hair....

born in.... as the old folks call 300-years of Family-legacy....

'La Nouvelle Orleans, Louisiane'.

Schooled from a small girl to embody Values....

Justice, Discipline and Passion.... standing Opposed to Tyranny

.... Expecting the Same from others

with Mercy.... tempering One's Character.

And of course.... there is Solaine's mother.... wise and clever,

with her 'Southern candor' and Lavish-traditions....

Mis' Dedele Le Veque La Fontaine....

ever reminding her children of their greatest fortune....

"My darlings.... Cowards die every day.... only the Valiant really Live!

.... The Truth is like a Lion.... Let it loose. It will defend itself!"

Inspired by her ancestors, the delight and vitality of the 'Crescent City',

Solaine lives amid.... 'le Recherche Grace du Vieux Carre'....

'the Rare Grace of the Old Square'....

'Les Maisons Magnifique'.... of the 'Garden District' and 'Uptown'

.... American Jazz.... and World-famous, New Orleans-Cuisine!

As she becomes a woman.... daring to create an uncompromised life....

Solaine conceives of a fantastic idea!

She will Travel.... to Europe.... and see for Herself

.... the People, the Art.... and Genius of the 'Old World'....

the genesis of.... 'La Nouvelle Orleans, Louisiane'!

And after that adventure.... ?

Unexpectedly....

.... 'A Peacock of a Man.... Standing quietly.... still like a coiled spring',

Tall, handsome, 'with a mane of chestnut hair'.

What is it about.... 'le Bel Chevalier'?

What is this.... Strange.... 'Oeuvre of feeling'.... that attends Witt Delevan?

What does it mean?