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The Queen's Pavilion.

Tonight, we'll continue with

The Petit Triannon, adapted from an adventure by Charlotte Ann Moberly and Eleanor Jordane, first published in 1911.

This episode is part of our spooky sleep story series where we'll share classic tales of the strange and mysterious.

In part one, the two English academics described an uncanny afternoon walk through the gardens of Versailles in 1901,

an experience they could neither explain nor forget.

In this second part, which began as a curious outing, gradually turns into a quiet obsession.

Tonight's reading follows their continued search for reason amid the unaccountable

and the lingering question of what exactly they had walked into that August day.

Let's get cozy. Close your eyes.

Relax your body into the softness of your bed.

Now into the softness of your bed.

Now, take a few deep breaths.

FL November 1901 On receiving Miss Lamont's letter, I turned to my diary to see on which Saturday in August we had visited Versailles, and looked up the history to find the event she alluded to.

On August 10, 1792, the Twilery was stormed. The royal family escaped in the early morning to the

hall of the assembly. We wondered whether we had unknowingly stepped into some lingering echo of the Queen's memories,

that this might explain the strange feeling of enclosure and quiet weight upon the air.

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