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My mother was calling, ° “Margaret,” my mother was trying to sound casual, “an old boyfriend of yours ke just called, someone ‘we once met on a holiday who took you waterskiing. He wants to take you out on a date.” cI was: outraged, “Mother, I don't want a date with anyone.” :) She was crestfallen. “Aren't you even interested to ‘know who it is?” “Well, who then?” “Pierre Trudeau.” :. When I look back on it now ‘I ecan't help being a little ‘ashamed of ‘the speed with which I shed'my hippie cer-_ ‘tainties. The day after my. mother’s call I was on my way to Vancouver to meet her, fora shipping spree. - Yves and flower. power were relegated to the back of ‘my. heart; at the front was only ‘one thought: “I've got nothing. “to wear for the prime minister.” ‘+ It had been all too easy to persuade me toaccept the date. I kept up my nonchalance for just the time it took to buy a _ dress. In a French boutique ‘called Armagi, I found the ideal garment — gabardine, white, short sleeves with fine stitching around the seams. The rest of ‘our shopping — stockings, bag, -shoes, all. the things I had fondly imagined I would -never sully myself with again — ‘took ‘no time at all... * + At 7 p.m. the day of our date I heard a car in the drive. I ‘was. terrified: not only did I have a great awe for people of importance, : biit- Trudeamania was at. its height and I was part = of it. What: was I doing with the prime tinister of Canada? What was this formidable man like?, rally ae “When Pierre cane. ‘through. His eyes are very blue and, when he's happy, have a way of appearing as if he is about to cry, a mildly watery look. We set off to catch the sky-ride up Grouse Mountain to the Grouse’s Nest, a restaurant perched on the mountaintop with a spectacular view over ‘Vancouver. The awkwardness vanish- ed: quickly. Within a few minutes I had blown my, cover. The little French dress was a sham, and I couldn't keep all the small talk up. We talked about student revolution and i told him about Morocco. It all came pouring out, Thad found a friend at last. Pierre gave me. every encouragement. It is in his nature to be charming and complimentary to women and, ‘away from that short of old- fashioned gallantry for so long, guiling it is. _ After a first, surprisingly close, dance we settled down to talk. I was even more in awe of him,. despite the sudden inti- _ Macy, than I had expected ‘to CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, April 5, 1979 Cl A Prime Minister's Country Mistress” |.was through with my liberated lover, Yves Lewis, a wealthy ‘French- , be. I'am, in fact, somewhat © frightened of him to this day. |, He has a quality about him that makes you want to be as. | pleasing to him as possible. I had to keep reminding myself that had he been my age — and not, as he pointed out with self-, mockery, almost 80 years older.’ (and two years older than my mother), I' would never. have taken much notice of” him, There was also, of course, the “y fact that he was prime minister of Canada, T told him about my un- happiness, about my shattered plans. He listened, kindly, more father than friend. * He suggested that I should: leave Vancouver, “Why: don't you come east?” he asked.’ I thought: “Aha, Now: he's in- vited me to > goand live with him. sin Ottawa.” Thad quite forgotten how be- a As we danced sai 1 realized that I was increasingly drawn to this intense, wiry man, the antithesis of Yves Lewis and all I. thought I believed in. He didn’t strike me as old, ~ p. He kept saying, “lam simply too old. How can you take ‘up wif mother?" the door I'liked the look of'him™ > ‘immediately. He had. such an air of: fui’ sucha charming, teasing “expression.” that. he. made vg: all laugh. “He'‘was. . tanned,” which looked good against ‘this: ‘white: shirt, blue blazer ‘and' colored’ Ascot. - He’ was. confident, flying highs a good first year as prime minister ‘Behind “him with a country atihis feet... I liked the charm, the’ boyish ways, and couldn't-help ‘sneaking a look at his ‘legs: Pierre | was once given the ‘award for being the man with _ _ the most beautiful legs in the world, I got him out of the house ag soon as I could — unable to ‘stand the nervous gigglings of my sisters. A blue Pontiac * stood in the drive. The two plain clothes officers were dressed to look like chauffeurs. As we climbed into the back it crossed my mind that perhaps: Ishould be wary of him Perhaps he’ wasn't quite the endearingly shy man I took him for; but a bit of a creep. 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It took me two weeks to build up ‘the: courage to call Pierre. His voice was warm, faintly amused. “Come over for dinner tonight,” he. said, “Be + warned though. It’s only spag: hetti.” seaThe: oe ae oe ob it’s oniy one week away. “ Shop NOW while our selectionis — at its best. We have Easter cards, candy, chocolate eggs, * and bunnies. All at excellent prices. tlegar DL. Lic. #013724 ey Downstairs Toyland You'll find an assortment of .... plush rabbits, chicks, straw, egg colouring kits, and Why not wear a clip-on bunny " CLOSED THIS SUNDAY 20% OFF English Pepiware Ceramic Bunnies Hippity Hop to inflatable bunnies. for Edster Weekerid. April 13:- 16. large stone mansion set in acres ‘of perfect lawn. A cheerful woman welcomed me into the library. “The prime minister will be. down shortly,” she an- nounced, leaving me to browse, It was like waiting for the king. It needed only Pierre's voice to convince me that I had been right to come — thére is no more cheery and flirtatious manner in the world than his. We laughed, we traded ~ stories, we giggled at the same jokes. Llike to think it was then that Pierre discovered how nice it would:be to share his life. + When. I told him that I had WHILE PRAYER for a catholic Is a serious affair, I couldn't help but reveal ny happiness with a mile. © Wide World Photos “My God,” I saw him thinking, “this lady's moved into town!" After dinner he proposed a stroll in the, garden. Pierre gently kissed me. My future looked even more promising. The, next morning I was startled out of my fantasies by a letter from Yves. “T'm going to buy a sail- boat,” it said. “Please sail around the world with me. I have something precise to offer you.” I took this to” be the marriage I had pressed for. “Darling Yves," I wrote back, “your letter has come too late. I'm beached in Ottawa. I'm contracted into the very society you pred me to ji join - remem- ber?" Call Today for Details! Trail 368-9800 Nelson 352-9900 Castlegar and Other Areas. 365-5210 Plerre knew 1.smoked marl- ho we but he had made it quite Plasn e wasn't going to join me an that he was af least a little contemp- tuous.of my need for it. L.now settled down to the inflexible routine of the civil service. My job, I. discovered, consisted of finding’ ways of helping misfits. “rejoin - the mainstream of Canadian eco- -nomic life.” The chronically poor, the hippies, the unem- ployed were al! placed .under our scrutiny as ‘under an enormous magnifying glass, I wasn’t happy with our way of going about things: _ living in’ wall-to-wall carpeted offices, drawing generous sala- ries, and having remarkably + little contact with the people whose lives we were supposed to be magically transforming. During these autumn months my- meetings with Pierre were beginning to pre- occupy me more and more. By Christmas we were confessing to each other that we were in love, though we were both still full of doubts, Pierre far more than me. - He kept saying, “I am simply too old. How can you take up with a man two years older than your mother?” During. the, moments his doubts were at their most acute he fought me off and returned to his social life of pretty ladies. I saw. pictures in the papers at dinners and balls with other women — and suffered agonies of jealousy. One. woman seemed to pose a serious threat, a pro- fessor of French literature at Carleton University called Madeleine Gobeil. They were old friends, Pierre reassu _ me, No danger there. : Another rival was a French Canadian - actress, pouting girl I: kept coming a -sultry, across pictures of her arm in ° arm with Pierre. None of this was quite as troubling, however, as the day he’ flew Barbra Streisand: to Ottawa to accompany’ him to a gala at the Arts Center. They had had, so my morning papers told me next day, a:candlelit supper at 24 Sussex. “It was romance. For the next few days my jealousy was such that each time Pierre rang I slammed down the phone. “Go back to your American actress: es!" I yelled, The telephone was some- thing of a problem in our lives. When things were going well Pierre either asked me to ring him at specific times, or phoned me when he finished work. But on the days we were off one another, neither made a move. The rules for dating a prime minister are indeed tor- tured and complicated, G By Christmas,’the worst was over, and we settled down toa pattern. We met for dinner once or twice a’ week, when Pierre’s‘chauffeur collected me at seven, and Pierre walked me home around 10:30 p.m. when he had to go back to work. ” Occasionally we went to a res- taurant in the more unfashion- able placés. The dinners were fun, ‘but agonizingly short. But.we had the weekends, Not every week- end, but many. 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