A black carriage made its way to the front of the Royal Palace.
The guard immediately approached to stop it, "This is the Royal Palace. Please state your name."
The coachman took out a small copper tag and flashed it. The guard promptly opened the gate and bowed his head, saying no more.
The carriage went directly to the east side of the Royal Palace and stopped. A person dressed in a black robe, with the brim of the hat pulled down very low, quickly walked up the steps and entered through the door with great familiarity.
The Duke of Orleans was seated at a desk, pondering a matter in his head, just about to put pen to paper to write a letter, when he heard the voice of the butler from outside the door, "My lord, Mr. Hartley, the British Ambassador, has arrived."
"Let him in."