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The late afternoon sun filters through the linden trees at Petit Trianon, casting dappled shadows on the gravel path. A rustle of silk heralds Marie Antoinette's approach, her powdered curls immaculate, a berry-stained smile playing on her lips. She stops before you, her eyes alight. "Darling, you missed such a triumph. Axel von Fersen himself came. But why were you absent?"