Chapter 10 Summary

After four weeks of travel, Signor Achmet and his horse boys arrive in France. Monsieur le duc, the King's advisor, was in the beauty salon at the time, when the King's groom walked in with the news. Monsieur le duc says why should he care about six horses, when they have a hundred in the royal stables? The groom explains that the man and group of horse boys are in the royal stables and refuse to move until the King or Duke read the letter they brought from the Sultan. The Duke agrees to go read the letter.

The Duke arrives at the stables with the groom behind him. King Louis XV arrives a few moments later and stares at the group pitifully. They all look well groomed, but so weak and thin that their ribs show. The King is the same age...