5.11 Madame de Pompadour (1) The little Queen
/A mother takes her daughter to see a fortune teller, who tells her that she would grow up to sleep with the King of France.
A mother takes her daughter to see a fortune teller, who tells her that she would grow up to sleep with the King of France.
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