Ten Years Later Chapter 47 - The Orderly Clerk

In which the king, desirous of solitude and reflection, converses with his favourite Saint-Aignan and receives the prompt visit of Fouquet and the bishop of Vannes, Aramis, whose presence and circumstances provoke a curious exchange about church and courtly affairs. The discourse reveals delicate tensions between economy and extravagance in royal festivities, deftly illustrating the subtle interplay of favour and rivalry within the sovereign’s circle.