
Rose of Versailles

Episode 3

"A Spark in Versailles"

translated by GinRei
typed by Long Lee
edited by Usagi Pink

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 notes on names:
 Andre should be spelled with "/" accent acute over the "e"
 Francois should be spelled with a cedilla (like "5") under the "c".
 Gerodere should be spelled with "\" accent grave over the second "e".
 Orleans should be spelled with "/" accent acute over the "e".
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Narration
On May 16th, 1770, the wedding ceremony of the Crown Prince, Louis-August, and
Marie Antoinette was conducted in the Chapel inside of Versailles Palace,
in front of 6000 nobles and clergy.

PRIEST:
Next is the signing of the marriage certificate.

[Antoinette's signature smears]

NOBLES:
How terrible, a blot on the marriage certificate!
I've never heard of such a thing before...
Will something unfortunate happen with this marriage?
   (Is this a bad omen for the marriage?)

[opening title]

{Episode 3:  A Spark in Versailles}

[At Jarjeyes's, Andre taming the horses.]

ANDRE:
Still! Good, good.

NANNY:
Mademoiselle! Please wait just a second!
Mademoiselle! You're really...
Mademoiselle!
Don't you realize that today is the day that Lady Antionette
comes to Versailles for the first time?

OSCAR:
Don't make such a fuss, OK?  I know, Nanny...

NANNY:
O, OK...
If you know it, then...

ANDRE:
Grandma, Oscar is no longer a child.

NANNY:
MADEMOISELLE OSCAR!

ANDRE:
By the way, Oscar, (I mean) no, MADEMOISELLE Oscar,
I've heard that by rescuing (saving) Lady Antoinette, you've become amazingly
popular in the Court.  Be careful.  All the ladies will come after you.

OSCAR:
Now you're talking nonsense, Andre.
Go!

ANDRE:
Go!

[They run off with horses]

[In the court]

LADIES:
Oh!
Oh!
Lady Oscar, it's Lady Oscar!
Ah, she's always so dashing and attractive!
Oscar, I heard you did a splendid job at Rhine.
How many insurgents did you slay?

OSCAR:
Excuse me!

LADIES:
She's so cold,
But that's the best part.
If only she were a man... I wouldn't leave her alone.

[Antoinette catches a kitten which was hiding]

ANTOINETTE:
No, no! Don't get into a place like that!

MME:
Enough of that, Antoinette!

ANTOINETTE:
See? I was scolded because you were not behaving!
Tsk!

MME:
Oh! Stop that!
You're forgetting one other important thing...

[Mme bitten by the kitten]

MME:
Listen!  At formal occasions here at Versailles, a lady of
lower rank is not allowed to address a lady of higher rank
first.

ANTOINETTE:
How awfully inconvenient.

MME:
No!  Since the Queen is now dead, you, Lady Antionette, as
Crown Princess, are the highest-ranking lady in the court.}


ANTOINETTE:
I am?!

MME:
Yes.  Next comes the King's daughters, then the Crown Prince's younger
sister.  Everybody is waiting for you to address them.  Please address
yourself to them.

ANTOINTETTE (in her mind):
Everybody is waiting for me, the highest rank in the court,
to address them!
Ah, how wonderful!

[public place/ formal occasion)

VOICE:
Presenting the Crown Prince and Princess!

NOBLES:
Oh, what a dignified and beautiful lady (figure)!
Look at the light and elegant manner of her steps.
As expected of a royal born Austrian princess.  Refined and beautiful.
Absolutely!  Not at all intimidated, she has such dignity and fortitude!

ANTOINETTE:
Ah, everybody is looking at me.  Their eyes widened and they cried in amazement
at my presence.  They're enchanted with my beauty!  This is wonderful!  I'm
queen of Versailles now!

[music starts]

ANTOINETTE:
Your Highness, shall we dance?

CROWN PRINCE:
I, I don't dance.
Dance as you like Antoinette.

ANTOINETTE:
Oh!

[Antoinette finds Oscar and Andre]

ANTOINETTE:
Oscar!  I knew she'd come!

[Antoinette goes to Oscar, noticing a woman with very sharp eyes]

ANTOINETTE (in her mind):
(Who is this woman?  What an arrogant attitude.
Amazingly curvaceous, but somehow a vulgar woman!)

[Antoinette ignores and passes by]

ANTOINETTE:
Oscar!  How are you?

OSCAR:
Thank you very much.
I'm glad to see Your Highness is fine as well.

LADIES:
Look over there.
Antoinette spoke to Lady Oscar first.
We shall go by and get addressed as well!

ANTOINETTE (whispers):
Say, Oscar!

[duBarry laughs]

ANTOINETTE:
Oscar, what's the rank of that woman over there who's staring at me?

OSCAR:
Countess duBarry, not a woman that the Crown Princess need be concerned
with.

ANTOINETTE (in her mind):
(But she's surrounded with a lot of people like that as if she were the Queen.
 Why are people bowing to her?)

ANTOINETTE:
Well, then.

[3 Aunts following Antoinette]

OSCAR:
Hey, look, Andre.   It's the late Queen's aunts.
They hate Mme duBarry as if she were a snake or frog.
Do you think they're up to something?

ANDRE:
I see.  What will happen when Lady Antoinette learns about Mme duBarry's
circumstances...

ANTOINETTE:
WHAT?!  His Majesty's mistress?!

AUNT A:
Indeed, she was born in a filthy city, a commoner and a whore.

ANTOINETTE:
A whore?

AUNT A:
A prostitute, who sells her body to men for money.

ANTOINETTE:
H, how can such a sordid woman be at Versailles?!
My mother in Austria would whip such women and throw them into reformatories!!

AUNT A:
Rumor has it she forced her patron to pay her money.
And with that money she deceived the prestigious noble, Count duBarry.
She married him just to gain his name, and then killed the Coun
with poison the next day.

ANTOINETTE:
Poison?!  How Terrible!

AUNT A:
Yes, after she became a Countess, she immediately came to Court.
Then she seduced the King with her natural beauty.  Since she
became his mistress, she assigns and dismisses ministers as she likes!

AUNT B:
She indulges in luxury.

AUNT C:
His Majesty doesn't care about our opposition, and is
controlled by that woman.

AUNT A:
Yes, since everybody tries to get her favor.

ANTOINETTE (in her mind):
(What a presumptuous woman!  That's why she was staring at me with such a
gaze!)

AUNT A:
But even if she has the power and would want to challenge you.

AUNT B:
She's no match for you, who are of genuine royal blood
and will be our future Queen.

AUNT C:
So you should ignore her as much as you can!
Yes, ignore her completely!

[Rivalry between Antoinette and duBarry arises]

[DuBarry breaking things hysterically]

DUBARRY:
That Austrian brat didn't address me at all.

[DuBarry see images of Antoinette laughing in the mirror]

DUBARRY:
Shut up!

[breaks mirror]

MAIDS:
Ma, Madame, what's wrong?

DUBARRY:
Nothing.  Leave me alone!

[Louis XV comes in]

LOUIS XV:
How was Antoinette's first appearance, duBarry?  Seems like she was incredibly
popular, eh?

DUBARRY:
Was that so?

LOUIS XV:
Oh, yes.
Antionette has captured the hearts of everyone in the palace
in only a day!

DUBARRY:
Redheaded squirt!  I hate her!

LOUIS XV:
Hey hey, Antoinette is not a redhead.  She's a beautiful blonde.

DUBARRY:
Compared to my hair, hers is red.

LOUIS XV:
I guess you're right.

[Louis notices the mess in the room]

LOUIS XV:
What is this, duBarry?

DUBARRY:
Nothing.  Hey, you two!

[to the maids standing by]

MAIDS:
Y, yes, (Ma'am)!

DUBARRY:
Don't just stand there!  Bring me ALL the best designers in Paris!

MAIDS:
All in Paris?!

[steps on her foot]

DUBARRY:
Hurry up!
Hurry and go!

MAIDS:
Y, yes!!

DUBARRY (in her mind):
I will not lose to that brat!
I'll soon make and show off a dress that will make that brat pale!

LADIES:
Wow!
Oh!
Wonderful!
Oh, if I had it! (I want it!)

DUBARRY:
How are you everybody?

LADIES:
Mme duBarry's dress is so beautiful (wonderful).
Absolutely!  I've never seen such a gorgeous (expensive) dress before!

[duBarry laughs]

DUBARRY (in her mind):
That redheaded squirt's not here.  Where did she go?

LADIES:
It's Lady Oscar!
Oh, she looks even more dashing today!
But Lady Oscar is cold.
She never talks to us!

ANTOINETTE:
Oh, Oscar!  How are you? (or you seem fine)

OSCAR:
Yes (or "thank you").

ANTOINETTE:
Oscar, you don't talk or dance like other people.  I wonder why.

OSCAR:
(Uh...)

ANTOINETTE:
Say, why don't you come to the salon in the afternoon next time?

OSCAR:
Unfortunately, Lady Antionette, although I'm a woman,
I'm also a military officer.
My job is not to talk, but to protect the French Royal Family.

ANTOINETTE:
Oh...!

OSCAR:
Pardon me.

ANDRE:
Hey, why didn't you accept the Crown Princess's invitation?
You're guaranteed to be promoted by being invited to Lady Antoinette's salon.

OSCAR:
Andre!  Do you think in the same way as the corrupt nobles do in the Court,
huh?!
If you weren't Nanny's grandson, I'd punch you in the face once or twice!

DUBARRY (in her mind):
(That redhead squirt didn't know what position I'm in, so she seemed to forget
to address me.  But today, I will make it clear to her.)

DUBARRY:
Say, everyone.  I'll tell you something special (an interesting story?) today!

LADIES:
Oh, what can it be?
What is it?  Please tell me now!

ANTOINETTE:
Say, everybody.  Would you like to come over here?
My Aunts are planning something fun!

AUNT:
We're discussing all of us going to see a play.

ANTOINETTE:
That's right!

LADIES:
Umm, Mme duBarry, would you please excuse me?
Uh, me, too.  Pardon me.
Please excuse me as well.
Me, too...

[Antoinette's group laughing]

LADIES:
Take a look at Mme duBarry.
Yes, she looks really furious with her eyes stuck up.
Come to think about it.  (By the way), Lady Antoinette hasn't addressed Mme
duBarry yet.
Even if she has the most power in the Court by getting affection from the King,
she's not truly of high rank.
And she isn't allowed to address the Crown Princess first.

DUBARRY (in her mind):
That annoying Austrian brat.  Is she... is she going to ignore me in front of
everybody in public?

[duBarry takes away the book that LOUIS XV was reading]

LOUIS XV:
Hey, hey, don't say something silly. (or Don't be so silly)
She doesn't address only to you on purpose?
That's just a misunderstanding.

DUBARRY:
No, she's doing it on purpose.

LOUIS XV:
Hey, hey, she's only a child who's barely 14.

DUBARRY:
Because that 14-year old child is the Crown Princess, I have to wait
till she addresses to me!  Do you know what the entire Court is saying back?

LOUIS XV:
Hmm?

DUBARRY:
That redheaded squirt is challenging me!

LOUIS XV:
That's only your imagination!

DUBARRY (in her mind):
(She's challenging me, who can even control the King as I wish.
All right, I'll teach her a lesson (or see what you deserve)!)

[in the garden of Versailles]

ANTOINETTE:
Bonjour, Countess Mauloir.
Countess Molde, the weather's nice today, isn't it?
Bonjour, Duke Orleans.

ORLEANS:
Yes, the weather's really nice, Lady Antoinette.

ANTOINETTE:
Say, Mme Roberco and Mme Lombarde, would you like to go for a walk in the
forest in the park in the afternoon?

LADIES:
How wonderful!  Versailles Park is in the most beautiful season now. I'll
gladly join you.

ANTOINETTE:
Mme Josi and Mme Pantar, please come to the card game tonight.

LADIES:
Yes!  I'll be happy to visit.
The Crown Prince will join, too.
Oh, I'm honored.

ANTOINETTE:
Well then...

[Antoinette walks toward duBarry]

DUBARRY (in her mind):
(She still has a cute side, the snotty brat.  She finally realized that she
forgot to address me.)

[Antoinette passes by, ignoring duBarry]

ANTOINETTE:
Bonjour, Mme Jour!

MME JOUR:
Oh, Lady Antoinette!

[DuBarry runs away in fury]

NOBLES:
It seems like the Crown Princess is going to ignore the Countess completely.
W, what shall I do?  My wife is a fan of Lady Antoinette.
Hmm, the King is backing up the Countess no matter what.  It's a headache for
both of us.
But which side will Oscar Francois take?
Wouldn't it be Mme duBarry who she's known longer?
Oh no, she's from the proper lineage of the Jarjeyes family.  I think it'll be
Lady Antoinette's side.
Yet, however, if His Majesty dies now,
the Crown Prince will ascend to the throne.
In that case, Lady Antoinette becomes the Queen.
But at this point, if I go against Mme duBarry's power (authority), I
might be in a miserable situation.

OSCAR:
Flattering nobles seem to be clamoring in panic.
Mmph, about which side is better for them.

ANDRE:
Oscar, which side are you taking?  All the ladies are concerned.

OSCAR:
I won't take either side.
I'll just stand back and watch this entertaining Ladies' duel.

[duBarry's room knocks on the door]

DUBARRY:
Duke of Orleans, are you trying to embarrass me, too?

ORLEANS:
Of course not, Countess duBarry.  I'll help you.

DUBARRY:
The Crown Prince's own cousin will help me?

ORLEANS:
Yes.  I also think that Lady Antoinette's attitude is unbearable.
There's a way to defeat Antoinette.  Just one...

[Andre dashing on a horse]

OSCAR:
What?!
My mother as a lady-in-waiting for Mme duBarry?!

ANDRE:
Yes.  I just heard it in town.

OSCAR:
How shrewd!   She's trying to force me to her side.

ANDRE:
Right.  She noticed your popularity, and by having you on her side, she is
trying to draw the ladies on her side.

OSCAR:
No!  I don't want my mother to be dragged into such a conflict between the
women at the Court!

JARJEYES:
Oscar.

[Jarjeyes comes closer]

JARJEYES:
It's an order from His Majesty (the King).

[Oscar freezes]

JARJEYES' VOICE (echoing):
It's an order from His Majesty (the King).

[ending title]

NEXT EPISODE:
The shadow Queen, Mme duBarry, or the genuine Princess Antoinette?  Oscar is
finally taken in for the splendid conflict of women.
Her decision puts her kind and innocent mother in danger.
A black rose (flower) reflected in the wine glass...
Next episode on The Rose of Versailles:
"A Rose, Wine, and Conspiracy..." 

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