
The Rose of Versailles

Episode 19

"Farewell, My Sister"

translated by GinRei
edited by Usagi Grey

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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".
 Molier is spelled with  "\" accent grave over the "e".
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CHARLOTTE
For me?

All these gifts... but from whom?

[carriage]

POLIGNAC
But Duke, my daughter Charlotte is only 11 years old.

DEGUICHE
No problem at all.
The younger the better to become my wife.

POLIGNAC
Oh...

POLIGNAC
Come, greet him, Charlotte.
This is Duke Roland de Guiche.
He will be your husband very soom.

DEGUICHE
Well? Did you like my gifts?

[deGuiche laughs, Charlotte faints]

POLIGNAC
Charlotte, Charlotte!
Charlotte, hang on!

[opening title]

[ CREDIT CHANGE
  Osamu Dezaki is the new DIRECTOR with this episode. ]

{Episode 19: Adeu, My Sister}

[Oscar and Andre watch Rosalie riding]

OSCAR
I didn't realize how much better she's become.

ANDRE
It must be her tenacity. Rosalie is burning just in order to avenge her
mother.

OSCAR
Countess Polignac...
What if she does take revenge?
(After being burnt,) what does Rosalie do afterwards?
If we can do something for her, it's that "afterwards".

ANDRE
Yeah.

[at Polignac's]

POLIGNAC
I decided. It was for the Polignac family and for you, too, I thought.
You can be a Duchess. It's a dream come true.
(Especially,) Lord deGuiche is the Chief of the Auditing Agency, and the
King relies on him.
And the most of the land in Bonnage Province is his...

CHARLOTTE
Ouch!

MAID
Oh, (please) excuse me!
Mademoiselle Charlotte, I'm sorry, I've pulled...

CHARLOTTE
Don't touch me!
Nobody...please, don't touch me.

POLIGNAC
Charlotte!

CHARLOTTE
No, no, NO!
Mother, I don't want to marry!
I haven't (even) thought about it yet!
And I'm...I'm only 11 years old!
Mother!

POLIGNAC
Sooner or later, a woman must be loved by a man.
THAT's the women's happiness.
Now, hurry and fix Charlotte's hair!
We'll be late for the ball.

MAIDS
Yes, Madam!

[Jajeyes']

ANDRE
Rosalie!
What's wrong?  You didn't go to the ball with Oscar?

ROSALIE
No. That woman, Mme. Polignac, will be there if I go to Versailles.
The more I see her, the more my hatred increases.
And today is my dead Mom's birthday.
I don't know what I'll do if I see her today.

ANDRE
Good-night, Rosalie. (or, to sound more like French, "Bon soir, Rosalie")

ROSALIE
Good-night, Andre.

LADIES
Did you hear about Mademoiselle Charlotte's engagement?
Yes, with Duke de Guiche.
The Duke is 43, and Mademoiselle Charlotte is only...
That's what the Duke prefers, I heard.
Oh...

[garden]

OSCAR
All clear?

GERODERE
Yes, Ma'am.
Commander, is it OK to sneak out the party?
Commander!

[fountain]

CHARLOTTE humming
Lady Oscar!

OSCAR
You shouldn't be alone where nobody is around like this.
My men (/subordinates) are not patrolling out this far.

CHARLOTTE
Lady Oscar...

OSCAR
If you want to be alone, (please) go back to your own room.

CHARLOTTE
Lady Oscar...!

OSCAR
Come, I'll escort you.

CHARLOTTE
Lady Oscar!
Lady Oscar, I wanted to grow up a little more, fall in love, and... and
marry!
To someone admirable like Lady Oscar!

OSCAR
Come, let's go. It's getting windy.

CHARLOTTE
May I...have this rose, please!

[Charlotte leaves]

[next morning]

ANDRE
Oscar!

OSCAR
You're late.
It's already time to leave (for work).
Where have you been?

ANDRE
Where is Rosalie?!

OSCAR
Probably horseriding.
She's not in the house.

ANDRE
I see, that's better.
I don't want her to hear it yet.

OSCAR
About what?

ANDRE
Martine Gabrielle!

OSCAR
Martine Gabrielle?

[Rosalie approaches the door and hears]

ANDRE
It's Rosalie's real mother's name.
Rosalie's foster mother, Nicole la Molier, revealed it as she was dying.
I found out who she was.
When she was young, her name was Martine Gabrielle de Goulard.
But after she married, she somehow changed her first name.
Chalon.
Changed from Martine Gabrielle to Chalon!

OSCAR
Chalon?
I've heard it somewhere.

ANDRE
Yes, Oscar. YOU must have heard it.
Her current name is Chalon de Polignac!
  [Editor's note: The history books give Mme Polignac's name as Yolande.]

OSCAR
(Eh?!)
The Countess Polignac?!

ANDRE
There's no mistake.
I have an acquaintance at Royal Library.
And this is the result after searching the noble family genealogy one by one.

OSCAR
I see...
What a pity that Rosalie's real mother is Mme.Polignac!

[tower]

OSCAR
Rosalie, it was right here in this tower that I told you I'd
teach you how to use a sword
I also said that I'd help you avenge your mother.
But those words were all lies.
I said them because I wanted time to pursuade you not to.

ANDRE
How ironic it (/the world) is.
The killer of her foster mother was her real mother.

OSCAR
By trying to buy some time, it seems as if I've put you into
eternal agony instead.

ROSALIE
Agony?
No, Lady Oscar.
I'm not in agony.
Because to me, I only have ONE mother.
Only Nicole la Molier (accent grave over the "e") is.
I don't feel anything even if I'm told that Polignac is my real mother.
[Rosalie actually says "that woman" here]
I don't feel any love for her, not even a bit.
I only hate her more instead.
I'll prove that there's only one mother for me! The one who raised me!

[That night, Rosalie takes a gun from the collection]

[Royal Guards]

OSCAR
Foward, March!
Walk horses to the right!
In a line, trot to the left!

OSCAR
Did you find out anything?

ANDRE
No, I couldn't find any whereabouts of Rosalie.
But I found out where Mme.Polignac is going.
She's going to the Chateau of Duke de Guiche, being invited to a dinner
(party).

OSCAR
That's it.

ANDRE
That's what I think, too.
Rosalie must be following her.

[Chateau]

DEGUICHE laughs
How about this, Mademoiselle Charlotte?
If you'd like, I'll make you a room even from tonight in this castle.
Oh, oh, you're kindhearted!
You took my joke seriously!

[laughter]

CHARLOTTE
Help me, Lady Oscar...

[carriage]

POLIGNAC
Move as slowly as possible.  Charlotte is already asleep.

COACHMAN
Yes, Madam.

COACHMAN
Hey, make way!
How dare you stop your horse right in the middle of a bridge!
Move!

[Rosalie takes out a gun]

ROSALIE
Both of you, raise your arms and come down from the carriage slowly!

POLIGNAC
What is it? What happened?

COACHMEN
Lady Polignac!
Lady Polignac!!

ANDRE
Out of the way!!

POLIGNAC
You're...!

ROSALIE
Be quiet!
Don't talk to me!
It'll be over quickly.
All I need to do is to pull the trigger.

POLIGNAC
I-I don't want to die! Don't shoot!
Don't shoot me!!

[Rosalie cries]

OSCAR
You won't be able to shoot (her). (or, You can't)
A gentle girl like you will never be able to shoot your real mother.

POLIGNAC
What?!

OSCAR
This girl's name is Rosalie la Molier.
That should be enough to make you realize.
Mme. Chalon de Polignac...no, Mme. Martine Gabrielle de Polignac!
Please excuse us.
Look, Rosalie.
That makes this girl your younger sister.
You were right.
 [Oscar actually says "It was good" (that she didn't kill Polignac)]
If you pulled the trigger, she would have grieved (next).

ROSALIE
No...she's not my sister.
Because Mme. Polignac is not my Mother!
So...this girl is a total stranger for me!

POLIGNAC
That girl was Rosalie la Molier...
Rosalie la Molier...
If so, she's really my child!
The child I bore when I was 15!
Then, the woman that I ran over by a carriage was Nicole la Molier, who
took new born Rosalie and raised her (for me)! How can it be?!
That kind Nicole...!
Oh, Lord! Am I cursed by an omnious devil?!
Please, please protect me from now on!!

[ball]

VOICE
Presenting Her Majesty, Marie Antoinette!
Presenting Count Hans von Fersen!
Presenting Duchess de Poinee.

OSCAR
Rosalie!
What a surprise that you've (decided to) come (to the ball).

ROSALIE
Yes, (in order) to forget it all.

OSCAR
Yes, that's good.

[Charlotte encounters deGuiche]

DEGUICHE
Well, well, Mademoiselle Charlotte!

DEGUICHE
Come in, come in.

CHARLOTTE almost simultaneously
B-but...

DEGUICHE
(No, no, no, no,) please come in, please.

Oh-uh. What are you so cautious about?
We will marry (each other?) soon.
I'm just begging that I may be allowed to kiss that tiny hand of yours.
Now, come here, Charlotte.

CHARLOTTE
NO!

DEGUICHE
Pardon. Excuse me.

[Charlotte runs outside and washes her hand desperately in the fountain. She
 begins to laugh hysterically]

[Ballroom]

VOICE
What? Say that again!
Yes, I couldn't hear it well.

SERVANT
A mademoiselle from the Polignac family is on top of the tower!

[Outside. Charlotte is on the roof]

POLIGNAC
Charlotte!

CHARLOTTE
I (sure) did wash my hands.
So, I can become clean and beautiful again like this rose.
I don't want to...marry.

[Charlotte jumps off]

POLIGNAC
Charlotte!
CHARLOTTE!!

ROSALIE
I'm not sad (at all).
Even if I'm told that she's my sister, I've never even lived with her.
[she actually says "Even if I'm told that I'm blood linked".]
We've only spoken once or twice.
It's not necessary to feel love, even if you're blood realtives.
Blood relatives can be total strangers.!
Isn't it so, Lady Oscar?!

[bursts into tears]

She'd dead, Lady Oscar! My Sister is!!
She died without knowing that I'm her sister!!
 [she actually says "without letting each other know (about being sisters)"
 or to "exchange names"]
Poor girl...my younger sister!
She was only 11 years old!!

[ending title]

NEXT EPISODE:
Antoinette and Fersen tremble with their secret love, while Oscar is
broken-hearted in the rain.  And Andre's heart burns
with a secret love for Oscar. Where is this quartet of Light & Shadow, Love
& Sorrow headed ?
Next Episode in The Rose of Versailles: 
"Fersen, a Farewell Rondeau" 

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