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Oddly enough, Chapter 1 starts with dead birds start falling from a silk cloth that is stretched across the ballroom ceiling. And the birds that survive being suffocated crash into the chandeliers and frescoes.

We also find out that Eliza is "was trapped like one of the frantic birds that had begun this whole adventure." As Eliza is entering the carriage, Princess Elizabeth von Schmerling is watching her.

I'm intrigued to see what happens next.

So the prologue is called "The Gilded Snare" and is only a paragraph long.

Eliza's panic has "soared to the screeching point". By the by, Eliza has "golden eyes".

Also Prince Miklos Sztarai and Lake Como are only minutes away.

I'm reading this thanks to Open Library. Right now I'm reading the prologue.