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The famous royal special court, the"Bed of Justice," (which is the French equivalent for the"Star Chamber,") was held with all the ceremonial which royal pride required on one hand and the intriguers who urged their master to this exercise of royal claims, on the other.
The King pretended to be serene, but he was not at ease: yet his magnificent costume was admired and nothing cloaks a man's defects like majesty. The Dauphiness wore a plaintive look through all the affair. Lady Dubarry was brave, with the confidence given by youth and beauty. She seemed a ray of lustre from the King whose left-hand queen she was.