Charlotte at Court

Charlotte is 11 years old. Her father, shoemaker to the marchioness, became a widower and could no longer take care of Charlotte.
So he introduced her to Madam de Sévignol, who was charmed by her intelligence and bright eyes and engaged her immediately as a servant to her 16-year-old daughter.
She and her husband, the marquis, being of the nobility, belong to the court, and live in a wing of the royal castle.