that what's really going on at Versailles is lots of people--

在凡尔赛宫里许多人——
how do I put this politely?

怎样说得委婉点呢
--hooking up all over the place at the petites reunions,

——在小型化妆舞会上四处勾搭
while they're dressing up as peasants, or whatever,

还打扮成农民之类的样子
and that the result is

其造成的后果
very demeaning for the French state and for the French monarchy.

令法国政府和法国王室大失体统
So, does this have an effect?

那么这样做有用吗
It does.

有用
It really does.

确实有效
It contributes to what has been called

它促成了所谓的
the desacralization of the French monarchy.

法国君主制度的非神圣化
It is very hard to argue that God has put absolute monarchs

很难说上帝赋予人世绝对的王权