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☆ The middle child of three sisters, she was mostly overlooked by her parents and acted out by stirring up drama and spreading gossip. In her early twenties, she took to seducing her way into increasingly sordid affairs at court, until she ended up completely destroying the marriage of one of her mother’s closest friends. The would-be scandal was handled quietly and it was firmly decided that Marzenka, then 24, would be married within the year to a man of her parents’ choosing.
☆ The selected groom was Franciszek Sawiański, a very quiet, artistic type who was supposed to mellow her out and help her settle into a calm and steady lifestyle in the countryside. Francis and Marzenka did not get along. Despite maintaining a pleasant exterior, Francis barely spoke to her, and it wasn’t until she threatened to leave for the capital and take a lover there that he was finally honest with her: calmly, and almost happily, giving his permission.
