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sisters not to become one of Louis XV's mistresses was the marquise de
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in 1741 while giving birth to a son. Her corpse was placed at
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Pauline is one of the central characters in Sally
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Albert Meyrac, H. S. Mingard, Mouffle d'Angerville (1924).
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