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On Fri, 26 Aug 16 00:21:36 UTC John of Gaunt answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):
- What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
- For any member of my family to be injured or hurt.
- Where would you like to live?
- I am happy living in my own country, England. I have never traveled away from it, nor do I wish to.
- What is your idea of earthly happiness?
- To live in happiness with my royal lover and the father of many of my children, John.
- To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
- Alas, I like to sit too long at the table with my family and friends, eating excessively of pigeon pie and drinking wine
- Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
- Those chivalrous knights in the romances I am fond of reading. I enjoy reading the poems of Petrarch; John has many of them in his personal library.
- Who are your favorite characters in history?
- Our late and most royal King of England, Edward III. He was loved and admired by all.
- Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
- Heroes? My very own lover, John of Gaunt, who has given me the tender honor of being his mistress.
- Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
- We often hold up Griselda as an example for women to emulate; she exemplifies patience, as well as obedience.
- Your favorite painter?
- Jean Pucelle
- Your favorite musician?
- I admire many musicians
- The quality you most admire in a man?
- Chivalry
- The quality you most admire in a woman?
- charity
- Your favorite virtue?
- kindness
- Your favorite occupation?
- Spending time with my children, reading, needlework
- Who would you have liked to be?
- John of Gaunt's wife. I am too low of station; it can never be, although he promises he will someday marry me.
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