The Women of Chateau Lafayette

Adrienne, along with her daughters, journeys to Hamburg to reunite with her sister Pauline and then goes on to Vienna to argue for Gilbert’s release. She stops at the Comtesse de Rumbeck’s estate and, with her help, meets with Austria’s grand chamberlain. Though he initially wants nothing to do with Adrienne, he eventually agrees to introduce her to the emperor because he knew her grandmother. The three Lafayette women meet with the emperor and beg for Gilbert’s release. When the emperor does not grant it, Adrienne asks to be held in captivity with him. He agrees and gives her permission to address him with requests. Adrienne and the girls hope that the shame of confining Gilbert with his devoted family will change public opinion and force the emperor’s hand. When they are brought to him, Gilbert is a shell of himself, but when he recognizes them, he fears that they have been captured. Adrienne explains their journey and tells him of the events and deaths in Paris, leaving him shattered.

The Germans want to melt the local statue of Lafayette for ammunition. As Marthe goes into town for supplies, Sam finds Marthe and tells her of the Resistance’s plan to save the statue, which would put the gendarmerie—who were commissioned by the German soldiers to help move the statue—in the crossfire.