II. As Though We Had Known Each Other All Our Lives

LIFE IN THE FRENCH COURT was unlike anything I had known in Scotland. Though I was schooled in the language and manners of my new country, the most important lessons were not taught but learned by observing. I saw that one might have a great title and still have very little power, and that the reverse was also true. Young as I was, I discovered that power was important to me, and I felt sure that someday I would know how to use it. I did not consider that I might also lose it.