24 Louis XIV, and recounted what had transpired with her daughter, Mademoiselle d’Epinay, the previous night. Padéry promptly wrote a letter to the king, which read: Paris, August 31, 1715 “Sir, This morning, Madame de Roussy came to me in a pitiable state, informing me (after writing to me yesterday) that the Persian ambassador had abducted her daughter, who left their home under cover of darkness without taking any clothing. She tried to convince me that her daughter, a pious young woman of high morals, would never give herself to a Muslim. However, the ambassador had declared himself a Christian to marry her, and she
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