Let Them Eat Cake

In 1792 at the Palace of Versailles, Madame de Plonge bets Colombine that she cant seduce the young, handsome Marquis de Bonvie. Lisette suspects that its all part of a ""setup"" to ruin her mistress and offers to take her place. Columbine learns that her elderly husband, Honore, has caught the pox, and turns it around to her advantage.

The finest portrait painter in France, Madame Vigee-Lebrun, agrees to paint Columbines portrait, but the wig must go. Columbine becomes a victim of the Marquis de Sade. Lisette returns to the streets and Bouffant is seduced.

Columbines sister, Cecilie, is destitute and needs help from Columbine. The only help she gets is a suggestion that she should marry the Duke DOnan, a repulsive man who prefers men to women.