Madame du Le Chateau

your maid awaits,

for it is time to cast aside the

black gown of mourning.

Your first guests will arrive

at the portalled gates,

within less time than you have left

for such brightly adorning.

Smile, Madame, smile, but 

let none ever guess at ~ Milady's guile.

(sorry, this picture just makes me think of 'The Merry Widow')