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An heir is finally in route: Marie Antoinette was pregnant. New beginning out of a child could cement the lady reputation within judge plus the alliance ranging from France and you may Austria. Needless to say, each one of Antoinette’s enemies during the Versailles hope for a woman.
But Chartres proclaims his innocence, and you will Antoinette thinks your
However they would not believe in pledge alone. However they printing a brochure out of Antoinette copulating with relative Chartres, insinuating you to Queen Louis isn’t the dad of one’s kid. Antoinette is certainly enraged; Louis needs you to Maurepas evaluate who is actually responsible.
The latest minister shuts down Versailles and online searches both the room and you can authorities of all of the reduced courtiers, questioning some you can easily suspects, particularly Madame de Noailles. The guy finds little.
And so the search motions right up a rate, and you may Chartres are brought in to own wanting to know. Provence enjoys grown a great seed away from question within the Louis’ brain you to new rumors might actually be true, if you are Chartres’ pal Saint-Georges believes Chartres might be infatuated having Antoinette. Chartres simply discovers all of it witty. However, Maurepas understands that destabilizing the brand new Bourbon distinct Louis manage be good for Chartres, an enthusiastic Orleans.
Chartres certainly does not check concerned. The guy visits Antoinette and you can demonstrates his passion on her, but she instructions your to go out of; they can not rise above the crowd together.
Maurepas and additionally interrogates Louis’ aunts. Included in this was defiant given that other quavers under Maurepas’ concerns. It nearly accept certain inadvertent obligations, given the obvious hate out of Antoinette and you can spread regarding cruel nicknames.
The pamphlet puts stress to the Antoinette and Louis’ wedding, with him asking their when there is knowledge inside and her accusing his family relations. The household indeed actually simple with respect to Antoinette. During the eating, Josephine sows doubt regarding the wellness of your own child, leading Antoinette to leave whining and you can Louis to follow along with. Even Provence informs their wife she try callous, however, she only whines more her own decreased an enthusiastic heir.
Maurepas transforms their sights on the Josephine, who acknowledges one the woman is alone on courtroom but rejects obligation towards pamphlet. Maurepas will be concern Provence if the he suspects him, she says-however, simply Louis can question their sister.
Maurepas about learns the new printing press in the city that lead the fresh new pamphlet and you may closes it off-nevertheless the new duplicate has been out there someplace. He has got narrowed something down seriously to two it is possible to offenders: Chartres or Provence. Its compartments are one another searched, therefore the modern is situated in Chartres’ bedroom.
Nevertheless, he’s sequestered. Provence demands an enthusiastic apology off Louis having searching their rooms, but Louis raises his degree you to definitely Josephine faked their maternity-the guy can’t believe their aunt anyway.
Provence accuses Josephine off advising anybody concerning fake maternity, however, she rejects they-and you can shows Provence one to she’s a talented schemer because victoriahearts of the discussing you to definitely she’s about the new brochure, nonetheless comes with the new.
Yolande is back so you can Antoinette’s a graces, and you may sunk after that in Lamballe’s
Whenever Yolande attire Antoinette you to day as Lamballe try later, Lamballe reduces. She has a scheduled appointment toward faddish dballe praises Mesmer’s speciality in order to Antoinette, whom by herself seeks a family doctor-however, the guy tells the woman this woman is too strong-willed to want their treatment. Lamballe try sensitive; this is exactly why it labored on this lady.
Yolande thinks Chartres is simple while you are Lamballe disagrees. However, when you’re Yolande is found on Antoinette’s front side because count, she’s however telling on the king in order to their cousin Maurepas for money. When she requires your to get more, the guy shows that she enroll in Antoinette’s bedchamber-a bitter suggestion, because it carry out set Yolande under Lamballe.