
The Rose of Versailles

Episode 35

"Oscar Now Splits Away..."
[lit. "Oscar, now is the time to fly away from the nest"]

translated by GinRei

 [] = description of the scenes
 () = alternative translations (feel free to put them or drop them), and
      sometimes my comments or explanations
 {} = translation of what it says on the screen

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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 an accent sign '\' on the second 'e'.
 Bernard Chatelet is spelled with a circumflex ^ over the 'a'.
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GUARD
Get her!!

OSCAR
ANDRE!

OSCAR
Andre!!

ANDRE
Oscar!!

[They flee in the rain]

OSCAR
Hurry, Andre!
The Royal Guards are charging into the assembly hall!
We have to stop them!
We have to!!

NARRATION
On June 23rd, 1789, delegates supporting the National Assembly remained
in the (assembly hall of the) Estates-General, ignoring the order from
the French King, Louis XVI, to dissolve. The French Guards Company B, led 
by Oscar, was ordered to clear them (out of the hall) first.  But Oscar 
disobeyed the order. And 12 guards, including Alain who sided with Oscar, 
were arrested for disobeying the order. Now, Oscar was heading toward the 
Estates-General, in order to stop the Royal Guards (Regiment), which was 
dispatched instead of the French Guards, from storming into the assembly 
hall.

[opening title]

{Episode 35: "Oscar Now Splits Away..."}

GERODERE
I'm the Royal Guards Regiment Commander, Colonel Gerodere!
To the delegates of the National Assembly in the assembly hall!
If you remain occupying the hall, you shall be considered as traitors who
disobeyed the King's order.
The Royal Guards Regiment will have to resort to use of force.

GERODERE
Prepare to charge!

LAFAYETTE
Wait!
Just a moment, Regiment Commander!
Those from the nobility, follow me!

ROBESPIERRE
Marquis Lafayette...

LAFAYETTE
We're nobles, but have the will to participate in the National Assembly 
(together) with the 3rd Estate delegates.
We will never let you lay a finger on them (the 3rd Estate delegates)!!

GERODERE
Please step aside, Marquis Lafayette!
If we have to, we're authorized to open fire!

GERODERE
Forward!

OSCAR
Retreat! Retreat, Retreat!!

GERODERE
Commander...!!

OSCAR
Gerodere, do you have the courage to take my sword?
Everyone in the Royal Guards, do you have the courage to put a bullet
through my heart?!

OSCAR
Fire!!
If you point your guns at unarmed delegates of the 3rd Estate,
you'll have to step over my corpse first!!

GERODERE
Mademoiselle, please sheathe your sword.
How can we fire at you, (who was) our former commander?
How can we become such cowards who'd point guns at unarmed people in front
of you?
We'll wait until the day they take up arms.
(This is) for you, even if I shall become a traitor.

OSCAR
Gerodere...

GERODERE
Retreat!!

VOICE
Count! Count Jarjeyes!
Your son...no, your daughter...
Brigadier Oscar publicly disobeyed (lit "ignored") the King's order!
This is unforgivable treason!
It's only natural to disqualify the Jarjeyes from nobility and exile
Brigadier Oscar from France!

BOUILLE
Monsieur Jarjeyes, I cannot defend you this time.

VOICE
Count Jarjeyes, how are you going to cope with this?!
Your Majesty, please hand down the punishment!

VOICE
Brigadier Oscar's defiance should be considered as defiance by the Jarjeyes 
family!
I think forfeiting their property is proper!

LOUIS
I'd like to discuss the matter with the Queen. How about it, everyone?

JARJEYES
Your Majesty, let me humbly say that waiting for punishment to be handed
down is not even necessary for me.
I will take care of the rebel with my own hands!

[Jarjeyes' residence]

NANNY
Mademoiselle, the Master is...

OSCAR
I'm coming in, Father.

NANNY
Hey, Andre,
What's happened?
The Master was furious, saying "Bring (/Call) Oscar to me!"

ANDRE
It's nothing.
There's nothing for Grandma to worry about.

JARJEYES
Sit here, Oscar!

JARJEYES
Are you ready, Oscar?

OSCAR
Ready for what?

JARJEYES
Take off your insignia of rank and the medal the King gave you!

OSCAR
Let me ask you again, ready for what?

JARJEYES
(still) Trying to be defiant in front of your father?!
If you have your last words, say.
If you have any last words, say them.
Though a traitor, you're still my daughter.

OSCAR
Twelve of my men are imprisoned in Abbey, waiting to be executed (lit. shot
to death).
If slaying me will save those 12 men, I'll gladly give up my life to you.
But I know that's not how things go.
Then I cannot die here now!

JARJEYES
Give up, Oscar!
Being loyal to the King no matter what happens is the tradition of the
Jarjeyes family!
Having a traitor (in the family), it's all finished!
Don't worry. After I send you to the Lord, I'll follow (soon).

OSCAR
I cannot take your punishment even more so.

JARJEYES
You're kind...   but this is IT!

ANDRE
Please don't!!

JARJEYES
Let go! Let go, Andre!!

ANDRE
I won't let you go if you're going to slay Lady Oscar!
No, I'll never let you go!!

JARJEYES
Get out of my way!

[Andre holding a gun]

ANDRE
If you persist, I'm going to shoot you, take Oscar and run away!

JARJEYES
What?!
Run away with Oscar?!

ANDRE
Yes...

JARJEYES
Is that your feeling?

ANDRE
Yes.

JARJEYES
Stupid!
Do you think you can overcome the difference of class (between nobility and
commoner)?!

ANDRE
Let me ask you!
What's "class"? What's a "commoner"?
All men are equal!!

JARJEYES
You need a permit from His Majesty for a marriage of a noble!

ANDRE
I know that.
But even if it's the King, do you need a permit from a stranger to love 
someone?

JARJEYES
ANDRE!!

JARJEYES
You-!!

JARJEYES
I won't forgive either of you!!

ANDRE
Then slay me first.
Even it's for a moment, I'll have to see my love's death if I'm the second.
And that's too painful (for me).

OSCAR
Andre...

JARJEYES
All right, I'll make your wish come true then!

MESSENGER
Open the gate!
Count Jarjeyes, open the gate!
I have an urgent message from Versailles!
Please open the gate!

MESSENGER
By the words of Her Majesty,
there will be no punishment for Brigadier Oscar Francois de Jarjeyes,
nor for the Jarjeyes family.
She expects your further loyalty for the Royal Family.

JARJEYES
It's Lady Antoinette...

JARJEYES
Did you hear that, Oscar?
Her Majesty's mercy has saved your life!
You idiot!
Idiot...!

[Prison cell]

FRENCH GUARD
Well, so, what'll happen to us?
You moron.
We'll all be shot for treason like General Bouille said.
Right, Alain?

ALAIN
Probably.
But we're properly enlisted in the Army.
So we should be able to appear in (/hold) a court martial.
Whether we get executed or not, I'm going to spill out all the words in my 
guts!

GUARD
Yeah, right. I'll say whatever I want to say.
Like raise salary and more vacation!

GUARD
Moron!
What's the use of a vacation for a guy (waiting) to be executed!

GUARD
Ah, right.

JAILER
Listen. Your sentence has been handed down:
all of you will be executed at Louis XV Plaza at 8:00 am in five days, on
July 1st.

GUARDS
What?!

ALAIN
Wait, prison guard!
What happened to the military court (/court marshal)?!
We haven't been tried yet!

JAILER
The trial was held, I heard.

ALAIN
It couldn't be!! We weren't called in to the court!

JAILER
The VIP's probably skipped the procedure.
It happens often, you know.

ALAIN
Damn! We've been tried in absentia!!
Give up, everybody! Let's give it all up!

[Paris bar]

OSCAR
I heard your whereabouts from Andre.
I'd like to ask you a favor, Bernard.

BERNARD
OK, anything that I can... but
I won't take part in self-interests of the royal family and nobles.

OSCAR
This is for 12 of my men.
They are all commoners.

BERNARD
All right, tell explain.
I am indebted to you.

BERNARD
What?!
Surround Abbey prison?!

OSCAR
Yes, you can rally citizens.
We'll need a thousand...no, about 3 thousand.

BERNARD
I can probably do that...
but (how) will it help to save your men?

OSCAR
I am the commander in charge of the French Guards who are responsible for
the security of Paris.
If I judge the security of Paris is in danger, I can request the release of
the 12 men to the King.

BERNARD
I see, that's a good idea.
We need someone clever like you on our commoner's side.

OSCAR
Will you do it?

BERNARD
There's one problem.
What if it turns into a riot?

OSCAR
I promise that no one from your group or any citizen will get hurt or die.
If I break my promise, I'll quit the French Guards and run errands or do
whatever for you.

BERNARD
OK. I'll do it.
Let's see how much of a crowd I can attract with my speech.

OSCAR
I'm counting on you.

BERNARD
Ah, Oscar, give my regards to Andre.

OSCAR
I want to see Rosalie after this (matter) settles.

BERNARD
Please do. Rosalie will be glad, too.

OSCAR
See you.

[church]

BERNARD
I think this is worth trying.
Your opinion, Monsieur Robespierre?

ROBESPIERRE
"Save the 12 soldiers who are about to be hushed up by trial in absentia"...
We should do it. If we succeed, we'll be able to draw other soldier's minds 
to us.
We'll have to fight with the military someday. And if we are on the minds of
the soldiers when that time comes...

ST. JUST
Not "someday", Monsieur.
Why not lead the crowd to Versailles Palace?

ROBESPIERRE
That's enough, Monsieur St. Just!
Why do you always try to choose the extreme?

ST. JUST
Extreme? Me?

ROBESPIERRE
Establishing the National Assembly, saving the 12 men, and the tennis court
oath at Jeu de Paume...
Preparation and patience are needed in order to gain great power.
To me, you seem like nothing more than a blood thirsty terrorist.

ST. JUST
Why, Monsieur?
I simply proposed a plan.
If you don't like it, I'll drop it.

ROBESPIERRE
Do it, Monsieur Bernard!
I wish you good luck!

[barracks]

OSCAR
We're going to patrol Paris from now.
(or, We're on a special patrolling mission in Paris today.)
We've been informed that there will be a rally at the Palais Royale Plaza today.
Our mission is to guard (the security of?) the rally from the distance.
Keep these in your mind:
DO NOT fire at citizens no matter what happens.
DO NOT be provoked by the citizens.
All mount!  Move out!

BERNARD
I'm Bernard Chatelet.
I want all those who gathered here at Royale Plaza to know something!
Ladies and gentlemen, you all know that our sons, yes, the sons of us
commoners are in the hateful military.
And 12 of our sons are about to be executed (lit. "shot to death"), without
being properly tried in a military court!

COMPANYMEN
Hey, this rally is to save Alain and the others!
Yeah!

BERNARD
Citizens! Those Parisians who are willing to bridge (/bring) the new era!
Even if they are enrolled in the military under the ancient regime, please
be aware that they are our comrades who are paid low salaries for being
used as cannon fodder!

ST. JUST
Over there.
That's the Security Commander.
Let's kill that one.
With the commander dead, they'll forbid the citizens from rallying.
The citizens will riot with rage.
All we need to do is to direct the riot toward Versailles.

BERNARD
Comrades!
Let us head to the Abbey prison now and demand release of those 12 men!!

CITIZENS
Right! Bernard Chatelet is right! Let's go to Abbey!
No, wait. Think about it. The military won't let us go to Abbey.
Yeah, I don't want to get hurt.
Why, the military won't be able to touch with this many of us.

[Oscar struggles against St. Just]

CITIZENS
Everyone, let's go to Abbey!
Yeah, let's go to Abbey!
Save our 12 sons!!

ANDRE
Oscar, where are you?!

OSCAR
You're the leader of the terrorists who raided Duke Ardelos!

OSCAR
Halt!!

[St. Just escapes]

BERNARD
Those 12 soldiers are sons of us commoners!
Release them immediately!!

CITIZENS
Release them!!

ANDRE
Oscar-!!
Oscar!!
Oscar?!

OSCAR
Andre, how is it going? Is it working?!

ANDRE
We've succeeded!
Over 5000 citizens have surrounded Abbey!

OSCAR
We've done it!!

[Versailles]

MESSENGER
This is urgent!
I have an urgent message from the French Guards Company Commander!
"The citizens surrounding Abbey has reached 30 thousand, and the number is s
till increasing!"
"It's no longer possible to keep it under control?!"
"It's a matter of time before a riot occurs!"

BOUILLE
You shouldn't!
The commoners will be more conceited if you release those 12!

LOUIS
My Queen...

ANTOINETTE
Your Majesty, why are you hesitating?

LOUIS
Well, uh...

ANTOINETTE
And why are you all reluctant?
Release those 12 at once!
Are you willing to put that beautiful Paris into a sea of fire just for
those 12 men?!

[Alain et al released]

OSCAR
Alain, this is not the power of Bernard, much less mine.
It's all the power of the People.

ALAIN
Miss Commander, you seem to have realized more about how the world works.

NARRATION
June 30th, 1789, Paris citizens got back their 12 soldiers.
The victory won by the People was just a small undulation before the big
wave (?).

[ending title]

NEXT EPISODE:
Marie Antoinette had now become power hungry. What happened to the dignified
Austrian noble lineage? Oscar realized and felt in sadness that their hearts
were now too wide apart.
Next time on Rose of Versailles: 
"The Watchword is 'Au Revoir'". 

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