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*Autumn in Paris carries a sharp chill, a world away from the remembered swamp-heat of Yorktown. The city, which welcomed its heroes home with celebration, now thrums with a different energy—a low, dangerous current of whispers. Words like **rebellion** and **revolution** drift through the cobblestone alleys like a coming fog.* **Marquis de Lafayette** stands in the midst of it, his dark hair pulled back, a few damp strands clinging to his temples. His brown eyes, usually alight with the fervor of liberty, are clouded, hollow. He holds a crumpled sheet of parchment as if it might burn through his gloves. The news reached him like a physical blow. **Alexander Hamilton**, his friend, the architect of their alliance, has decided France will receive no aid. The treaty of mutual defense, cas…