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Speaker 3: In this episode, we'll journey through a masked ball at
the Palette Versailles, uncovering hidden truths and secret conspiracies as
Luke embraces the shadows and the light in a night
of intrigue.
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Speaker 1: La chanlele versi de la mandelvite poshtenson removent sold rid
pele sousir, la lupele de versailles is spectaculari a la
daieer lu bel mesque basson pla lenobleris, dance le CoStim bris,
la loueur de conde labre meluc ui, the dance pas
billopserre pisces sauvien called the sin fre dis paris amister
no resolu luquet an historia irecurieux charmeers meet tour monte
par la disparision de saint frere le jean l'mpacre portin
ofufundlis is s pi secu so soir surre de ferrand
calaverite broche soudan in agitation persuge bailleucu in voce exclaim
cercard des paris don la four sematiude duce n qiette
kicher chanrie nri de vella rojeuandre nesi neniu pas les
organisatur de bal niimi his lancidar the champagne cole la
music continued. I don aller ditomtid meluk refused, dinior resu presento,
I decid ilanquet rassel ilchia pela, foule san fons do
licura cilnieur de pas duor lneche tongu ducement rocco latmos
fare magic ma chaq sufe de von jaques rachmondonpel di
dong ri cavn spredamn just calla sald miroir la is
the cover in portetrat in port des dis deloneur I
love rolandemo audela and passage sucrectire obscure ple quer button
xiglis down. The passage is decover in siche the Jean masque,
mirmiva bass and sircuezcre the mister devoile and grouper fi
I pod plan paulavnir the plant revere luki quote trouble,
I compromatna leverite a prix les segre thengarde solapur protege
in la fe face jesu fet ditric memo. The conspirator
Luke Neditria paule biander twos beau is it mesi comprin
parfois lever du rest cachi paule biancoma. The bill continued,
lerier selev lis talbri duc de Versailles, the mister the
said nue restaurant lits or discrete mond di passage les
sonder real uilli compeou apizsi il rogeo la fette matire
de tuvn rieger remes sin risouf viucsuri concion de me
de linier reconcirier vecunistere de disparision darla esplandor glaidpele vitreelis
dell parfo a presage that sceptellnister le maesqueiton le ver
te sugis don obscurity nell you courage la perception phac.
Speaker 3: Let's take another listen, Listen closely to any part you
may have missed.
Speaker 1: La chen del vessi dar la monde Luke pros ton
de zon removent solenord regi peles.
Speaker 3: The candle flickers and Lucas's hand casting moving shadows on
the golden walls of the baler.
Speaker 1: Si la le pells de Versailles is spectaculaire.
Speaker 3: That night, the balla de Versailles is spectacular.
Speaker 1: A lan terrier, le bel mesque basson fras.
Speaker 3: Inside the mask ball is in full swing.
Speaker 1: Lenobleris dance.
Speaker 3: The nobles laugh and dance.
Speaker 1: Le christianebris sou lelieur de conte labre.
Speaker 3: Their costumes shine under the glow of the candle Labras
meluc Yi ne dance pas but louc he does not
dance Billo pSer.
Speaker 1: He observes this susuvien called de sin fred s fari.
Speaker 3: He still remembers his missing brother.
Speaker 1: Lamister no Resouli.
Speaker 3: An unresolved mystery.
Speaker 1: Lu quetai historia.
Speaker 3: Luck is a historian.
Speaker 1: Ille Curieu Charmeer made tour montea la disparision de sen frere.
Speaker 3: He's curious, charming, but tormented by his brother's disappearance.
Speaker 1: Le jeon l'on pacre.
Speaker 3: People did not believe him.
Speaker 1: Fourteen uffuon d riis yes se.
Speaker 3: Yet deep down he knows.
Speaker 1: DII sus sus soir sur red ferrand.
Speaker 3: He knows that tonight will be different.
Speaker 1: Cue la vere de proch.
Speaker 3: That the truth is close.
Speaker 1: Sous dan in agitacion persugeois you ca.
Speaker 3: Suddenly, a commotion breaks through the joyful chaos.
Speaker 1: Voi six cm cue gas dis ferie.
Speaker 3: A voice exclaims someone has disappeared.
Speaker 1: D' la foul semetiud deuce en kiete quicher chenrie.
Speaker 3: In the crowd, it's Mattild, sweet and worried, searching for
ohe entrid.
Speaker 4: Oh.
Speaker 3: He was supposed to meet.
Speaker 1: Her near, but he is nowhere to be found. Lisso
geniseett gi bell ld.
Speaker 3: The organizers of the ball downplay the incident.
Speaker 1: Le champagn courl.
Speaker 3: The champagne flows la music contini. The music continues, l
dan sieurs allere diito matide. He's surely dancing elsewhere, They
say to Matilde nel Co refuse, but Luke refuses to
ignore this premonition.
Speaker 1: Isud illnque crassel.
Speaker 3: He decides he will investigate alone.
Speaker 1: Chape la f.
Speaker 3: He escapes the crowd and ventures into the silent corridor
of the Balais.
Speaker 1: D'ur lea nechetn d'u sment ro.
Speaker 3: Outside, the snow falls softly covering the gardens.
Speaker 1: Let's mouse fey re magique.
Speaker 3: The atmosphere is magical.
Speaker 1: Ne chex soufe de von chex cacment depe di doi.
Speaker 3: But every breath of wind, every crunch of snow is
a reminder of danger.
Speaker 1: Ric aevns presd'er monesque la sel di ni roi.
Speaker 3: Lick moves cautiously until he reaches the Hall of mirrors.
Speaker 1: La ldcouvrin porte trait.
Speaker 3: There he discovers a narrow door.
Speaker 1: In Porte di disidur, a door disguised in the wall
illeu vau l'anement.
Speaker 3: He opens it slowly.
Speaker 1: Ud la and passage sucrecitier obscure.
Speaker 3: Beyond a secret passage stretches out dark le.
Speaker 1: Tuer berton rixiglis.
Speaker 3: Heart pounding, Luc's slips inside.
Speaker 1: D' lu passages y de couverin sail queschi.
Speaker 3: In the passage, he discovers a hidden room di.
Speaker 1: Jon mesquill mir mir re voibesss people masked, whisper quietly,
aunt seercue secre a secret circle Le mister seu de
voi ngroupafion. The mystery unfolds an influential group Ypa de
l' prontpau revnier.
Speaker 3: They speak of their plans for the future.
Speaker 1: De pronquisnu djermet tre re.
Speaker 3: Ville plans that must never be revealed.
Speaker 1: Viqui coute trubris.
Speaker 3: Luck listens troubled y comtpro maveno. He understands now.
Speaker 1: Le verti en prix.
Speaker 3: The truth comes at a price.
Speaker 1: Le sucre villen gerdi so lagi.
Speaker 3: The well guarded secrets are there to protect la fe face.
He confronts them.
Speaker 1: Jesuque uffette ditriquemn.
Speaker 3: I know what you are doing, he says, calmly.
Speaker 1: Le counsepirat ampur luque.
Speaker 3: The conspirators plead with leuc le titrier, say nothing. Pou
le bien de tous for the good of all buquisite.
Luke hesitates, neisir comp but he understands.
Speaker 1: Ta fois le verti du estqueschi.
Speaker 3: Sometimes truths must remain hidden. Pou le bience cour main
for the common good. Le bel coun le rier se.
Speaker 1: Leve lisitol brillo du sieur de Versailles.
Speaker 3: The ball continues, laughter rises, stars shine above Versailles.
Speaker 1: Leunistere de setni resta.
Speaker 3: The mystery of this night stays with him.
Speaker 1: Lutsu dies frete mon die persage yes son d'eriell luiri compeur.
Speaker 3: Lick discreetly exits the passage, leaving the plots behind.
Speaker 1: A pisi ill rogeo la fete.
Speaker 3: At peace, he rejoins the festivities matill.
Speaker 1: De tuvent ri egeri messines.
Speaker 3: Sur Matilde finds oh lost but safe and sound.
Speaker 1: Us suri concin des mei de lunier reconcirier vecunistere de disparision.
Speaker 3: Luke smiles, aware of the shadows, but also of the lights.
Reconciled with the mystery of the disappearances.
Speaker 1: Dar laes cold ricrelisuge dexter.
Speaker 3: In the icy splendor of the Bala, Luke realizes that
sometimes it's wiser to accept the mystery than to solve it.
Speaker 1: Le mesquetoonb le viti scuriti.
Speaker 3: The masks fall, truth slip into darkness melu cour but
courage and perception are his allies.
Speaker 1: Phac the end.
Speaker 2: Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break.
Here are today's vocabulary words, first in French, then in English.
Speaker 1: Les chandele, la chandelle, la chondlle, the candle, vessillier, vessiller,
vssi ye, the flicker, lison revent leson revent leson revent
moving shadows, do re do re do re, golden, spectaculaire, spectaculaire, specteculaire, spectacular.
Lu beel mesquie leubel mesquie le belle mesque, The masked ball, LeNoble, LeNoble, LeNoble,
the nobles Lue costume, lu costume, lu coustume, the costume Danistoria,
an historian, an historia, a historian, disparrette, disparete di sparree,
to disappear, legitacium, legitetium, legitium, The commotion ninimisi, ninimisi, niimisi,
to downplay Le prison Timo, Le prison timod le prison Timo,
The premonition, sans fonci, sans fonci, san foon si to
venture leucouris, lecouris, lecou loire, The corridor, pridement prid'emn PRIs
d'a mon cautiously, La saie de niroi, la sale de niroi,
la seie de nihroi.
Speaker 3: The Hall of mirrors, It what it?
Speaker 2: What it?
Speaker 4: What?
Speaker 3: Narrow?
Speaker 1: Le passage, le passage l pas SiGe, the passage lecier breton,
lequerre Berton, lequierbreton, hard pounding, mesquille, mesquill, masquies, masked, bles cerque,
les cerque, le serquie, the circle, sudiv Welli, Sudivulli, Sudvuelli,
to unfold, Blu conspirat, Blu conspiratre, la con spiratre, the conspirator,
ampleuri amprouri ampluri, to preaed lebiancumin, lebian comin, le bien
courma the common good, This Gretsmo, dicrets, mon discrets mon,
discreet way, breconcirier, b reconcirier, reconcirier, to reconcile, les broun der, gleassi,
les blan der glassy less proundurgiss the icy splendor, le perception,
le perception, le perception.
Speaker 3: The perception.
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