Why did her friends keep lending her money to hide her gambling debts from the Duke?
A lot of them broke with her because of it. And a lot of them would beg with her and plead with her to stop gambling. Money was the bane of her existence. It was worse than the fly in the ointment; it was the livid scar on the face. It colored and touched and partly ruined everything she did. These debts followed her across the sea to France. She did make remarkably close relationships with the French court upon her first visit at age twelve. She was a best friend of Marie Antoinette. They were always exchanging letters and fashion tips. It was Marie Antoinette that sent Georgiana the muslin dress and which Georgiana wore and it became the fashion statement. It was a fashion that could not get off the ground until she wore it and it was an extreme departure for the fashion of the day. In fact it resembled an undergarment more than a dress and was incredibly risqué. For all that Georgiana was desperate to please, she also had an unerring ability to know how far things could go. So, thou
