"It always bothered me how the French turned her into a villainess," she says, mild, though inside she's annoyed that she voiced that thought. The French have done an awful lot to that story, really, most of which she finds particularly objectionable. (Get your own heroes, you jealous bastards.)

And it does fit, fortunately. She's pleased her eye for this sort of thing hasn't gone completely useless. (Walter might be - no, stopping that train of thought before it starts.)

"Proper." She sounds decisive. It is by no means a bad assessment.