well i am tremendously bored, so i've decided to keep you up to date on my personal plans for once i've taken over the world.

i would, of course, need somewhere to live where i could concentrate on all the pressing problems world rule would be sure to bring.



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ah, versailles. large. festive. near paris. yes, i think that will do. but just in case it's not big enough, i think i'll take . . .



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. . . the catherine palace, as well. just outside st. petersburg. sizeable. ornate. blue. i like it.

however, i will also need a small country home where i can escape from the pressing matters of state and perhaps fish, play golf, or do whatever else rulers of the world do to relax.



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i think that will do nicely. the chateau de chambord, in the loire river valley. small. quaint. out of the way. a real retreat from it all.

not that i would limit myself to only these properties. i'll have a mansion in venice, a coffee plantation in brazil, a villa in tuscany, a flat in new york, my own private island in the pacific . . . you begin to see my point.

of course, i certainly shan't keep all of it to myself. i've already promised many of you huge tracts of land (such as japan, spain, north america . . .), unfortunately i don't remember exactly what all i've promsied to whom. if i've promised you somewhere, remind me.

and if i haven't promised you anything yet, ask.

now, there's only to find someone willing to be queen of the world . . .