Ten Years Later Chapter 30 - Threefold Love

In which the arrival of Madame at court stirs a delicate dance of affections and jealousies, as De Guiche’s attentions win favour while Monsieur contends with a perplexing absence that unsettles his household. The scene unfolds with whispered intrigues and bursts of laughter beneath the veneer of courtly gaiety, capturing the fragile temperament of power and desire in the shadowed chambers of the Palais Royal.