After dinner, our host, who was then renting the place, told us that the house was said to be a replica, an identical twin, of the manor the Moreaux family had owned at the brinks of Paris. Compelled by the rising resentment of the bourgeoisie towards the noblesse, the Moreaux family left for New Jersey in late 1791, midst the French revolution, guided by Lord Moreaux's fears for his wife's and three daughters' safety.
"This house is the oldest house I've ever stayed at!" I exclaimed, unable to hold back my excitement, exchanging grins with Katherine.
Our host, a gray dame with huge round glasses and an incessant smile, replied, "It's the o