The Three Musketeers - Power Struggles and Betrayal in France
King Louis:
You have failed!
Cardinal Richelieu: [laughs; heads to throne dais; hands together in prayer, then sits on the throne; flays cape across queen's throne]
You are so naive. But things couldn't have gone more perfectly if I'd planned them myself. The King of France dies at the hands of his own personal guards! Grief-stricken, terrified, the huddled masses turn for comfort to their devout spiritual leader... who, ever so humbly, assumes the throne... with a queen by his side.
Queen Anne:
I would rather die.
Richelieu: [kicks stool and stands up]
That can be arranged!
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