Chapter 469: Chapter 382: Contradiction and the Greater Contradiction

These nobles had only played minor roles in the previous street confrontations, so they were never going to be detained for very long.

Over thirty people came out of the Reims prison, and the family and servants who had long awaited them immediately surrounded them. There were those who scolded loudly, those who offered warm inquiries, and those who wept with their heads in their hands. Then they dragged their disgraced relatives towards the carriages parked outside.

However, the young nobles all clamored to wait until after the public trial the day after tomorrow before returning to the Palace of Versailles.

Yes, a prison guard had told them yesterday that a public trial for the South Netherlanders spies would be held on the 17th of this month.

How could they, already full of righteous indignation in prison, miss this?

What followed was an onslaught of angry reprimands or desperate pleas from their families and servants.