Note 3 — Chapter XLIII · THE FRENCH EXPEDITION.
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In spite of foreign invaders and war’s alarms, one peaceful event during this same year, and shortly after the French fleet had gone away, sent a ripple of pleasure over the surface of Corean society. The young king, now but fourteen years old, who had been duly betrothed to Min,3 a daughter of one of the noble families, was duly married. Popular report credits the young queen with abilities not inferior to those of her royal husband.