the whole week had been a veritable cavalcade of disasters : he hadnt been able to purchase the dinner jacket he had gone to great lengths to acquire , the marquis de montberon had beaten him at polo , daubigne had utterly destroyed his relationship with fleurette ( they all found out in the end , but it was so blasted hard to find desirable women that didnt care about or hadnt already heard about the engagement ) , and he was being forced by philippe to attend a dinner with the horrid veronique , on top of which , he couldnt find christine to protect her from the damned marquis daubigneand then , as if all that wasnt quite enough , carlotta torres had just decided to voice her opinion of dat mademoiselle daa .