Alright, for those of you who are confused I shall elaborate on a few things.
1. l'Autrichienne means Austrian woman or Austrian Bitch, depending on the way you want to look at MA. It was a name given by Adelaide and MA did face alot of racism just because she was an Austrian.
2. Mesdames were given to Victoire and Sophie because they never married and were the unloved women of the princesses of the blood. They were close companions, especially with Madame Adelaide, and were the first to befriend MA when she was alone at Versailles court.
3. Madame la Dauphine is a fancy name for heir to the thrown. The difference from Dauphin and Dauphine (which is to soon be coming) is that Dauphin is male have a short "uh" sound and Dauphine being female having the "ean" sound at the end. or you could simply watch Marie Antoinette (2006) and see how they say it for yourself. Or go read a bio on her.
Hope that cleared the air abit if you were confused. If you have a question just ask. I don't know everything but what I do know is alot and I would be happy to find out the answer for you.
Caroline stepped from the carriage while being held up by her husband who had come to greet them. People milled about the chateau and bowed as they all walked into the newly built structure.
"Dinner has been prepared, but I was thinking we could go freshen up before the feast." Phillipe smirked devilishly as Caroline smoother out her dress from its wrinkles.
She snapped her head up at this and glared intently into his heated eyes. "You can be serious!" She hissed in a whisper. "You want to have me here, in this dank chateau, now?"
She made a motion to all the things around her, pointing out the cracked walls and leaking crevices. It was certainly not Versailles. It was medieval. Caroline huffed and was dragged off to their assigned chambers. She glanced back at Victoire and Sophie who were silently wishing her good luck. They bounded the stairs and turned right into a small hallway before turning left into a room that was obviously Phillipe's. He began to ravish her neck and control her head movements with his hand that had wrapped itself around her nape.
"Phillipe…Can I just…please just…" Caroline tried to interject but he only began to untie her gown. She finally built enough strength to push on him and make him step back for a moment before coming back at her again. "What is with you?" She cried as she ducked from him.
"I have a need of you. As my wife you are to fulfill it."
"Phillipe! Not here while guests are milling about to come and watch us at any moment. Plus, we are in this dark castle and it would be most uncomfortable! Please, just wait until we get back to Versailles…then you can…have me all you want."
The lie worked. Phillipe chuckled and nodded before grabbing hold of his coat. "Your room is just across the hallways from this one. You should go have Jean fix your hair because the curls are coming undone."
With that he left her to tie her gown back together and tiptoe across the hall to her room. Once she opened the door she found all three Princesses of the blood unpacking gowns and having Jean and his accomplice fix hair and apply rouge.
Victoire smiled with amusement at the befuddled Caroline. "That was fast. Record timing in my book."
"I was able to keep him at bay." Caroline mumbled while shutting the door.
Sophie shook a dress she had been holding to relieve some of its dust and thrust it to Jean. "Have this hung in my room. I want it ready before I wake up in the morning. Caroline, that one is for you." She pointed towards a manikin and returned to her surveying of the gowns. Caroline did not even glance at the gown but rather collapsed onto a small settee.
Adélaïde came over to her and massaged her temples before picking up one of her undone curled strands. "Jean! I need you!"
In seconds the short man was upon them in all his arrogance to take a look at her hair. He found his tools and some egg whites while simultaneously yelling at his accomplice to bring this and that, to take hold of this tool or to place this strand there. It took an hour for her hair to be fully reapplied and stiff in its small curled state in the back. Victoire pat Caroline's arm with her fan for her to move and then sat herself down for her hair to be reupholstered.
Carline changed from her dress into a dark blue gown that Sophie had picked out for her. She was soon ready in another hour and left the comforts of the room to the feast which was just about to be served to the guests. Tonight would be the night she could first lay eyes upon the dainty little woman, the very woman that was soon to stun the entire Versailles court into a fit of fashion, rumor, affaires, and hatred.
A/N: Hope you enjoyed. You all liked Pirates, so hopefully you like the court of Versailles just as much because its coming up soon...tell me what u think. Madame la Dauphine soon too appear with Dauphin soon.
