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Mme de Longueville winning La Rochefoucauld for the party of Frondeurs:

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Mirror

Bonde found a carefully wrapped present on his bed. Raising an eyebrow, he unfolded the wrapping.

A mirror.

It didn't seem like a common mirror, his reflection seemed bigger. Was it for disguising purposes, Bonde thought. Was it from Fred? Or Herder?

A knock answered his question.

“You left a few strands on your back when you cut your hair on your own,” Fred said in his flat tone.

“So you give me a mirror?” Bonde smirked, “Why don't you just offer to cut my hair?”

Fred’s cheeks blossomed before he looked down, “Well, if I’m good enough for you.”

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LE BALLET ROYAL DE LA NUIT

To mark the defeat of the Fronde, on 23 February 1653, a masque-like spectacle of dance and music was staged in the Salle du Petit-Bourbon in the Louvre in honor of the Queen regent, Anne d'Autriche, and her first minister, Cardinal Mazarin. Entitled the Ballet Royal de la Nuit, the piece was an epic, all-night production, commencing at 6:00 PM and concluding 13 hours later at 6:00 AM. Divided into four "watches," the performance comprised 45 entrées réparties, 3 ballets-within-the-ballet, numerous airs, and theatrical sketches. The 15-yr old Louis XIV, an accomplished dancer, appeared as several characters, including Le Sol Levant. When a paper backdrop caught fire during his performance, the young king kept calm to avert an audience panic, thus allowing the ballet to continue to its end. The ballet was performed 7 times over two weeks, and was revived several times in the later 17th and 18th centuries.

The subject and overall form of the ballet was conceived by Le Sieur Clément, intendant of the duc de Nemours. The concept called for the representation of gods and goddesses, allegorical figures, "low" scenes of gypsies, thieves, and peasants, and such "horreurs" as witches, werewolves and demons performing a Black Mass. The court poet Isaac de Bensérade wrote the texts, which were set to music by Jean de Cambefort, Jean-Baptiste Boësset, Michel Lambert and Louis de Mollier. The choreography, which is preserved in an early form of dance notation, is attributed to Mollier. The set designs by Italian scenographer Giacomo Torelli were engraved by Cochin and published in a lavish livre de fête. Drawings by Henri de Gissy made for a 1662 reprise of the ballet, record the original costumes designs.

Despite its arduous length and highly-artificial content, the Ballet Royal de la Nuit continues to be staged by modern dance companies.

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