Cécile Rey, whose prosperous family are free people of color, makes friends with Marie-Grace Gardner, a doctor's daughter who has just returned to her native New Orleans in 1853, and persuades her to change places at their separate Mardi Gras balls. Cécile Rey, whose prosperous family are free people of color, makes friends with Marie-Grace Gardner, who has just returned to her native New Orleans in 1853, and persuades her to change places at their separate Mardi Gras balls.
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