C8 Chapter 8

If everything went back to how it was before then she would go back to her modest servants' room with her only salary, three small crowns which she sent every Monday to her mother.

Only the King could decide whether to keep her at court or not.

"I decided to take Adélie Bauduin for my wife"

It was as if thousands of sharp blades had passed through Adélie's body at the same instant