[of course marie was thrilled with the proposal she'd received from the future king of france. what little girl didn't dream of being a queen someday? but their union was fraught with problems from the start: they were wed by proxy months before they'd actually met. her father-in-law's mistress hated her and her mother. she faced pressure from her own mother to procreate and continue the royal bloodline.
perhaps she'd hoped, upon finally meeting him face-to-face on that april afternoon, that louis auguste's name would replace wolfgang amadeus mozart's. it didn't.]
You know as well as I do that the court didn't like to speak of marks. It was a very old-fashioned tradition, non?
[she knows what he is getting at. did he forget she also loves to tease?]
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perhaps she'd hoped, upon finally meeting him face-to-face on that april afternoon, that louis auguste's name would replace wolfgang amadeus mozart's. it didn't.]
You know as well as I do that the court didn't like to speak of marks. It was a very old-fashioned tradition, non?
[she knows what he is getting at. did he forget she also loves to tease?]