Devil's Dance

Episode 26

Devil’s Dance

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Louise de La Vallière

By Alexandre Dumas

Edited and Translated by Lawrence Ellsworth

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King Louis XIV, dreaming of his newfound feelings for Louise de La Vallière, was distracted by the arrival of his finance minister, Monsieur Fouquet, who had come to introduce him to his own chief advisor, the Bishop of Vannes—Arami…