In the French proverb quoted by Madame de Pompadour to Louis XV: Apres nous le deluge.

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When Madame de Pompadour became Louis XV's mistress in 1745, she drank hot chocolate to warm up her desire.

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As the old prioress, Madame de Croissy, lies writhing on her deathbed, she cries out that God has forsaken her and the Carmelite order.

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Baysari first heard of Madame de Pompadour as a young child.

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The movie, based on a 1662 story by Madame de Lafayette, dramatizes the rivalries among Catholic dukes and princes as they fight the Protestants in the interminable religious wars of the time.

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Madame Edwige Chirouter, professeur de philosophie.

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