and he said his son, francisco solano lopez, should go to europe. >> he sent him out what, to get armsngineers. and machinery. >> junior, by most contemporary accounts, was an idiot. >> so he came back with a mistress, madam lynch. >> yes. >> which dad wasn't too happy about. >> right. ♪ >> he was very traditional, and wanted his son to marry a paraguayan woman and do everything by the book. >> right. >> paraguay's soon to be first mistress, madam eliza lynch was the already married daughter of an irish doctor. ambitious, social climbing, fond of nice things. >> those from france say she brought to paraguay the first piano. and they would practice here. >> he showed madam lynch to his father, and his father was upset. so she was put aside. >> and kept as a mistress? >> and that was the way paraguayan society wanted to treat her. and she wanted to be treated as the -- >> princess? >> yes. >> tell me about madam lynch's famous boat trip. on one of her more notorious ventures as hostess, she organized an outing to the new french colony. she invited all of society to join her. a magnificen