Content : A grand masked ball on the theme of Birds is being held by Louis XV in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles. While Ninon dreams of attending dressed as a riding student, her friend Constance has ordered a gown embroidered with precious stones from Paris. But the ball is drawing near, and the dress hasn’t arrived. What has happened to the post chaise that was meant to deliver it?
Determined to track it down, Ninon sets off on Bourbon towards the capital. But the roads are far from safe…