Innocent 67

Well, this chapter took me way longer than it should have, but I finished it.

[Innocent 67 Translation by Kewl0210]
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Title: n°67 The Darkness that Dwells in the Palace

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Title: n°67 The Darkness that Dwells in the Palace

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Someone: This is-----...
indeed-----...

Page 47:
Someone: The Palace of Versailles-----!!!!
Philippe: Crossing through the luncheon party would be utterly tasteless. Go around the back
and bring him directly to his highness!!

Page 48
Philippe: Where have his royal highness and lady Pompadour gone?
Whatever the reason, the king should not be allowed to leave a ceremony before it has concluded.
Guy: You see, Lady Pompadour...
Pomp: GEHO GEHOH

Page 49:
Guy: has not been feeling unwell due to her chronic tuberculosis.
Louis: Are you all right, Madame?!
If you were to leave me, I just wouldn't know what to do!
Woman: KEHOH KEHO
Guy: She could not stop coughing so they took temporary leave.
Philippe: An utterly useless old man...
But never mind...
I just need to use this executioner to show the whole of Versailles
that you are unfit to be king...
As the first step in my ambition
to bring the crown to House Orleans for the first time-------!!!!

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Philippe: It matters not! I, Louis-Philippe, give permission. We will now begin the public trial while his majesty is absent.
The plaintiff and the defendant are to stand in the center!!!
Louis: Huh? A trial...?!!
What in the world is happening...?!!

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Charles: Lord Louis-Auguste...
I never dreamed we would meet again in such a way...
Philippe: Fortunately both the Minister of Justice and a judicial officer are in attendance to this luncheon.
Please have a seat, sirs.
Charles: !!!
Guy: Oui, my lord.
Sign: Minister of Justice
Guillaume de Lamoignon de Blancmesnil
Judicial Officer
René Charles de Maupeou
Marlet: The plaintiff, Marquise Marlet,
do you have any ideas for whom to make your lawyer?
Marlet: Oui...

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Guy: I will be representing the plaintiff.
I am a dear friend of the lady.
Sign: Gendarmes de la Garde
Etienne Stanislas du Parnac
Eti: It must be fate that I happened to be at this luncheon as well.
Charles: Why is everything flowing, in such a well-handled way...?
It's as though it was all arranged beforehand...
Philippe: Now then------... Who will take up the duty of being Lord Sanson's lawyer?
People: ......

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Philippe: Hm. I suppose there is no choice.
Lord Sanson will then have to go without a lawyer...
Charles: ......!!!
Philippe: Now, with this luncheon as a provisional courtroom of the Paris Parlement,
as per the lawsuit issued by Lady Marquise Marlet, we will begin the trial of Charles-Henri Sanson!!!

Page 54:
Louis: H... Hold on!
I hadn't heard anything about...
!!
Philippe: It seems you have sent an invitation to a most troubling person.
Depending on the outcome of this trial,
legal action may even reach you, my lord.
Today may even be the last day you are called "lord"......

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Charles: Was this all a trap to ensnare me from the beginning?
Then who created it?!
And what for?!
Was it the lady...?!
Was it Lord Philippe...?!
Or even Lord Louis-Auguste?!!
Was even the written invitation part of a trap...?!
I don't know...
I don't know, I don't know, I don't know!!!

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Charles: Are all these people surrounding me
trying to deceive me-----...?!!

Page 57:
Marie: Brother,
your hands are shaking with anxiety...
Here in Versailles...
if you show just an ounce of vulnerability, it's over----
You'll have everything taken from you in the blink of an eye.
All at once, the roles of the one that eats and the one that's eaten are reversed.

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Marie: Wrapped underneath everyone's gaudy exteriors
lies a filthy darkness.

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[This page took way less time than the other ones, I'd expect.]

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Charles: -----...Would you do me the kindness of letting my hands go?
I will not run or hide.
Marie: No one will believe it,
but I can see a beam of light piercing through the darkness......!!!
Charles: I, Charles-Henri Sanson, will act as my own lawyer!!!