In the novel, later, Mme. de Clèves asks for further explanation for the love between a woman and the king with “many other lovers” (1039). This passion constitutes the “political and social effects” (1039) that change the norms in the court. The court mixes this false “event into its own structure, so that the improbable now becomes the norm for the entire court” (1039). This incident brings to the scope of passions, “political ambitions and social events”, which use the passion of M. de Clève. Thus the power of the Duchess of Valentinois doubles “the power of the monarch” (1039). According to the novel, she is “maîtresse de sa personne et de l'état” (p. 38). This kind of passion liberates the scope of other passions, and passion and power become different. This shows signs that Lafayette is developing in her