Ribald Classic: The Fair And Redoubtable Emma
November, 1962
It is related that Charlemagne had a beautiful daughter whose name was Emma, fairer than all women. She expressed a desire to learn Latin, and the King acquiesced to this wish, little suspecting that she desired the teacher far more than the language. His name was Ebinhart, and he was young and handsome. From time to time they were able to steal a kiss or a quick and stealthy embrace: but nothing more was ever possible: the majordomo. the Empress or even Charlemagne himself seemed always in the...