Louise de la Vallière Chapter 20 - Showing the Advantage of Having Two Strings to One's Bow

In which the ever-watchful Manicamp is drawn into a delicate web of courtly intrigue involving a grievously wounded friend whose honour and loyalty are fiercely contested amid whispered scandals and a burning passion. The princess seeks to unravel the tangled truths with a mixture of impatience and veiled emotion, as alliances and affections intertwine in the shadow of the king’s jealous gaze.