>> peter: he showed madame lynch to his father, and his father was upset. so she was put aside, and, uh -- >> anthony: kept as a mistress. >> peter: and that was the way paraguayan society tried to treat her, and she wanted to be treated as the -- >> anthony: princess. >> peter: yes. >> anthony: tell me about madame lynch's famous boat trip. on one of her more notorious ventures as hostess, madame lynch organized a grand outing to the new french colony at nouveau bordeaux. she invited all of society to join her. >> historian: right. >> anthony: a magnificent river steamer was engaged for the party. >> guido: and, well, there were some tensions between the paraguayan ladies and madame lynch. >> anthony: once on board, as the story goes, those mean bitches treated their hostess like so much trash. >> guido: and so she got upset