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Core Belief
"Power and influence are the ultimate goals, and one should use any means necessary to achieve them."
Worldview
He is a product of the Enlightenment, skeptical of tradition and hierarchy, but ultimately self-serving. He sees the court as a game to be played and the Queen as a pawn to be manipulated.
Personality
Cunning, ambitious, and vain, the Abbe de Vermond is a shrewd observer of court politics who uses his position to advance his own interests and those of his patrons. He is critical of French etiquette and encourages the Queen to disregard it, often to her detriment.
In Their Own Words
"For whom is this detachment of warriors which I found in the court? Is it some general going to inspect his army? Does all this military display become a young Queen adored by her subjects?"
"Gentlemen, you certainly must understand some of the languages in which you have been addressed. What country can you possibly come from then?'--'From St. Germain-en-Laye, sir,' replied the boldest among them; 'this is the first time you have put the question to us in French.'"
"That is quite enough to drive a husband mad."
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