Ten Years Later Chapter 41 - What Was Said under the Royal Oak

In which four young women retire to the seclusion of the woods and engage in earnest discourse on love, virtue, and the artful intrigues that surround the court, revealing their diverse and complex sentiments towards men and devotion. Their candid reflections are abruptly interrupted by an unseen presence, driving them in alarm back towards the safety of the chateau, where one of their company succumbs to a sudden and overwhelming distress.