In the flashback to the episode Francesca (which takes place in 1755), Nick and LaCroix had to leave Paris in a hurry; and LaCroix decided that they would take refuge at the estate of the Comtesse du Montagne near Avignon, on the Côtes du Rhône. For the first time, Nick learned that—long before he had been brought across—LaCroix had done the same thing to this woman of whom he had never heard before. Clearly, she and LaCroix had long since come to an amicable parting of the ways.