Marie Antoinette - Public Life of a French Monarch
Benjamin Franklin:
Why, this is barbarous. Must the Queen's child be born in public?
Count de Mercey:
Dr. Franklin, a French monarch belongs to the public. He must be born, he must live, and he must die in public.
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Marie Antoinette - Extravagance and the Pursuit of Pleasure
The Count de Mercey:
I've been told of a necklace costing 200,000 livres.
Marie Antoinette:
Which I lost tonight on a wager.
Count de Mercey:
You must be out of your senses, madame. What on earth is driving you to this extravagance? This mad pursuit of pleasure which can end only in—
Marie Antoinette:
But not in boredom. At least, not yet.
Count de Mercey:
In these times, madame, your excuses will not fail to impress the people.
Matie Antoinette:
Why, they adore me. I've conquered Paris.
Count de Mercey:
No, madame. Paris was conquered you. Do you realize that you're the first Dauphine of France ever to be spoken of openly as a wanton?
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