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> [“The king and queen were usually present, and the king or the dauphin would light a pyre. The cats were then tumbled into the flames from an overhead basket, and the crowd reveled in their cries. “Certainly this is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-wade/the-king-and-queen-were-usually-present-and-the-king-or-the-dauphin/)

[Nicholas Wade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-wade/)

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