THE ROSE OF VERSAILLES
EPISODE 10
"A Beautiful Fiend, Jeanne"
translated by GinRei
edited by Usagi Ninja Team


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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".
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CHEERS OF CITIZENS
Long live the King! (Should it be more French, like "Vive le Roi!")
Hurrah!

CITIZENS
Well, it should be easier to live from now!
Louis XVI is a unpretentious person. 
The price of bread and meat will probably to go down.


NARRATION
On June 11th, 1775, the coronation ceremony of the new French King,
Louis  XVI was about to proceed at Reims Cathedral.
Following tradition, Louis XVI ascended the 40-step-stairs in 
the middle all alone and was crowned.

[the crown is put on Louis' head]

ANTOINETTE in her mind
He looks just like an illustration of the successive Kings
that I saw in the French history textbooks. How wonderful!

LOUIS
By divine right, I, Louis XVI, hereby declare myself ruler of France.

CITIZENS
Long live His Majesty, Louis XVI!
Long live (Vive la) France!
Hurray!

ANTOINETTE in her mind
Now, I'm the Queen of France.

CITIZENS
Long live His Majesty, Louis XVI!
Long live France! (Vive la France!)
Hooray!

[opening title]

{Episode 10: A Beautiful Fiend, Jeanne}

NARRATION
On that day, after the coronation ceremony, the new King and Queen visited the School of Louis Le Grand and heard the congratulatory speech.

ROBESPIERRE
As I believe that the era of King Louis XVI promises wealth and 
happiness to His people, I would like to offer our congratulations.

LOUIS
What's the name of that pale student who just read the congratulatory 
speech?

ATTENDANT
Sire, I am honored to inform you that his name is Maximilien Robespierre,
from the law department.

LOUIS
Robespierre...

NARRATION
Robespierre...later he would become well known as the most progressive
leader of the French Revolution.
These were the days of his youth.

CITIZENS
Life will be better from now on.
After all, the last King spent all of our tax money on Mme. duBarry.
Yeah! Things will be cheaper, too.

ROSALIE in her mind
It'll be helpful if that's true.
Ah!

[almost ran over by a carriage. sees Jeanne on the carriage]

ROSALIE
My sister Jeanne! It can't be!

[Rosalie runs after the carriage. The carriage stops in front of a mansion]

ROSALIE in her mind
Jeanne ran away from home, abandoning Mother and me (her sister).
Why does she look as if she lives in that house? Is it someone else?
But she looks like her!

[Rosalie peeks inside from a window and sees Jeanne]

ROSALIE in her mind
Ah, it is my sister Jeanne! But I can't talk to her.
If her younger sister visits in these filthy (dirty) clothes, it'll be 
inconvenient for her (my sister).

[Rosalie still thinking about Jeanne at home]

ROSALIE in her mind
Jeanne was always dreaming of the life of a lady, and wanted to get away 
from home. It's truly a wonder...

MOTHER
Rosalie?
Rosalie!

ROSALIE comes back to herself
What is it, Mother?

MOTHER
You were thinking about Jeanne again, weren't you?

ROSALIE
Yes. Jeanne is too beautiful for a place like this.
So it's natural that she left. 
Since...she's somehow different from me.
Almost as if she's the only
one who has the noble blood (lineage).

MOTHER
Wh-what are you saying, Rosalie! Rather than Jeanne, you're really the one...

[Mother stops]

ROSALIE
Mother? You look so serious all the sudden.

[Mother coughs]

ROSALIE
Mother! You have to stay in the bed.
I'll warm up some soup now.
The woman next door gave me potatoes.

[at Brandvillier. Jeanne comes in]

MARQUISE
Oh, Jeanne!
The new dress really fits (suits) you well.

JEANNE
Thank you very much, Marquise Brandvillier.

Marquise
Call me "Aunt" in front of the people.

JEANNE
Yes, Aunt.

MARQUISE
She's mastered everything from (manner of) speech, complicated etiquette, 
dance, and piano, all in (such) a short time.

TUTOR
She learns so fast that I have nothing else to teach her.

MARQUISE
Now she can be accepted as a fine lady anywhere she goes.

TUTOR
Yes.

JEANNE in her mind
Of course. 
Why do you think I worked so hard to pretend to be a lady,
without even sleeping at night?
Now, I can show my real talents. I'll show you.

MAID
The tea is ready, Madam.

MARQUISE
Thank you.

JEANNE
Say, Aunt? When are you taking me to Versailles?

MARQUISE
Jeanne, I think I told you before. We're not allowed to enter the Court yet.
Now, let's have some tea.

JEANNE in her mind
She's a generous woman, but not of good lineage.
My goal is much higher!
I'll live in Versailles and live like a Queen!
I'll do whatever I have to do to reach my goal!  Whatever I have to!

[Rosalie at a store]

ROSALIE
Then, Madame, my job from tomorrow...?

WOMAN
Yes, I'm sorry, but come back again when things get better.

ROSALIE in her mind
What should I do? I have to find a place to work.

ROSALIE
I beg you, please give me a job!

MAN
No, I can't.

ROSALIE
I'd do anything, like peeling potatoes!

WOMAN
Sorry but we have more than enough (employees).

ROSALIE in her mind
I thought it'll be a bit easier when the era of the new King came...
Ah, I'm hungry...I need any job!
God (Lord), please help me!

[chased by a dog, Rosalie almost hit by a carriage]

ROSALIE in her mind
Jeanne! Please help me and Mother!

[Rosalie walking toward Jeanne's mansion]

ROSALIE in her mind
Jeanne will probably get in trouble if I go there in this miserable outfit. 
But I have no one else to turn to!

JEANNE
Rosalie?!

MAID
Yes, (miss), that's right.

[Jeanne looks outside]

JEANNE in her mind
That's her! What does she want now?! We have guests today!

[Jeanne meets Rosalie]

ROSALIE
Jeanne!

JEANNE
Rosalie!

ROSALIE
It really was you, Jeanne! 
You looked so beautiful (pretty)...I almost didn't 
recognize you!

JEANNE
Rosalie!

ROSALIE 
Jeanne!

JEANNE
I missed you. You've come all the way to see me!

ROSALIE
I'm glad! I thought you would send me away.
Mother's illness is getting worse.
So... so I need just a little bit of money.


JEANNE
I see...poor thing. You don't have to hesitate.
Now, come in.

LADIES
Did you see (have a glimpse of) the New Queen?
Yes, it was as if she was shining!

[looking at Rosalie]

LADY
Oh, what kind of girl is she? She's dressed in very filthy clothes. 

JEANNE
She was a maid working at the house in the countryside before. 
She came to visit me to seek help.

LADY
Oh, I see. You're kind.

JEANNE
Now, Rosalie, wait in that room over there.

ROSALIE
Ah, yes, Lady Jeanne...

[Rosalie waiting in a cellar]

ROSALIE in her mind
She had to... since Jeanne is now a princess.
In front of those people, she 
couldn't say that we are sisters. 
But that's OK. She shed tears when she saw me. 
She hasn't changed inside.

[the door suddenly opens and Nicolas comes in]

ROSALIE
Who is it?!

NICOLAS
I'm Nicolas de la Motte. Jeanne's lover!
I'll beat you so that you won't be able to threaten my Jeanne
ever again!

ROSALIE
Threat?!
What do you mean?!
Wait! I just...
(She only utters "I to my sister" in Japanese. Probably "I just came here to 
see my sister" but the word order of Japanese makes it hard to translate.)

Nicolas
Shut up!

[Nicolas whips Rosalie]

ROSALIE
It must be some kind of mistake!

NICOLAS
You've threatened that you'll tell others that Jeanne 
used to be a beggar if she doesn't give money!

ROSALIE
That's a lie! Who would say such a thing!?

NICOLAS
Jeanne did.
Did you think that you could threaten her with such a cheap lie?!

ROSALIE
Jeanne did?! You're lying!, a lying, a LYING!!

NICOLAS
What?!

[Rosalie screams while whipped]

ROSALIE
Jeanne would not say such a thing!

NICOLAS
Damn, it's not a lie! Jeanne told me that she doesn't even care if you die!

ROSALIE
She did?! THAT'S A LIE!!!!

[Rosalie runs out of the house]

ROSALIE in her mind
Jeanne...tried to kill me! My sister Jeanne! As I thought, I was not welcomed 
to visit her!

JEANNE in her mind
Hmph. 
I have enough troubles without someone like you, who knows 
about my past, showing up at a crucial time like this!
All my efforts will end in vain.
Learn your lesson, and never come around again!

ROSALIE in her mind
Scary! I'm scared, Jeanne! You've already begun to lose a human heart!

[Jeanne laughs. Nicolas comes in]

NICOLAS
I've chased away the begging bitch.

JEANNE
Don't forget to knock before you enter someone else's (my) room.

NICOLAS
Who cares if it's between you and me.

[Nicolas hugs Jeanne]

JEANNE
Don't get fresh with me!

NICOLAS
B-but Jeanne, I want to be helpful to you no matter what.

JEANNE in her mind
My next plan is to finish that credulous marquise of this mansion. 
This man is brainless (literally, "blood circulation is poor") but might 
come in handy.

[Rosalie walks absentmindedly]

ROSALIE in her mind
What should I do after tomorrow? There is no money left in our house to
buy  even a piece of bread.

[bumps into a noble man]

MAN
Watch out, you idiot!

ROSALIE
I- I'm sorry, noble Sir!
Please forgive me.
Please, please forgive me!

MAN
You're quite a beauty , despite that filthy dress you're wearing.
Well, girl! How about coming to my mansion for tonight?
I'll give you plenty of money!

ROSALIE
What do you think you're doing?!

[Rosalie slaps the man]

MAN
Ouch!

SERVANT
Count Mirabeau-!
Count Mirabeau!

MAN
You're really cruel behind that pretty face.

SERVANT
Count Mirabeau, please restrain yourself. You were...intimate with the 
singer of the Opera House last night, too.

MAN
I know. Well, it's nothing.

MAN'S VOICE ECHOES
How about coming to my mansion for tonight? I'll give you plenty of money!

ROSALIE in her mind
For money...money!
I...but...but, I...!
No, if I can get money!

[Rosalie cries]

[a carriage passes by]

ROSALIE
Ah, Master!

OSCAR
Please stop.

[the carriage comes to stop]

ROSALIE
Uh...
Please...please buy me for one night!

[Oscar starts to laugh]

OSCAR
This is hilarious! 
Hey, hey, don't get me wrong. 
I'm a woman.
Even if it was for free, I won't be able to buy you.

[Rosalie starts to cry]

OSCAR
Well, well. What a cute prostitute.
Girl, what's your name?

ROSALIE
Rosalie...

OSCAR
Rosalie. Why did you do such a stupid thing?

ROSALIE crying
My mother is sick, but I can't find a job....
so....

OSCAR handing Rosalie a coin
Here, Rosalie. It's not much but take this.
And never do such a stupid thing again. OK?

[Oscar's carriage leaves]

ROSALIE looking at the coin in her hand
A gold Livre...
it's a lot of money!
Tell me your name! Lady in the carriage!

[inside the carriage]

OSCAR in her mind
Such a small girl asking to sell her body? I wasn't aware...
What's happening to our society, and the people's lives?

[marquise's mansion]

JEANNE
Nicolas...

JEANNE
Do you seriously love me?

NICOLAS
O- of course!

[Nicolas kneels before Jeanne]

NICOLAS
As you see!

JEANNE
I see...then, do you want to marry me by all means?

NICOLAS
W-why do you have to ask me that, Jeanne!

JEANNE
OK, I'll marry you.

NICOLAS
Ah! You torture me like a devil, beautiful Jeanne!

JEANNE
How about becoming a servant of a devil and getting the property of 
the Brandvillier Family for ourselves?

NICOLAS
Je- Jeanne!

JEANNE
There's a man named Retaux who is very good at forging
other people's handwriting.
He's especially good at forging wills, Nicolas.

[the mansion on fire]

VOICE
Fire!
The mansion of Marquise Brandvillier is on fire!

OSCAR
Marquise Brandvillier is my mother's friend!
Andre, let's go!

[Marquise wondering in the burning mansion]

MARQUISE
Jeanne! Where is Jeanne?!
Ah, Jeanne, hurry and escape!

[Nicolas is standing. He's holding a torch in his hand]

MARQUISE
Jeanne, what is this?!
Wh-what are you doing! Jeanne, have you gone insane?!

NICOLAS
There!

MARQUISE
Stop, Nicolas!

[Nicolas chokes the marquise]

[at church]

JEANNE
Aunt!
My Aunt was so kind to me. How can she die?!

OSCAR
Who is that woman?

ANDRE
I heard she's a distant relative of Marquise Brandvillier and a 
descendant of the Valois Dynasty.  Her name is Jeanne.

OSCAR
Jeanne?

ANDRE
You didn't know that?

[Rohan comes to Jeanne]

OSCAR
It's Cardinal Rohan.

ANDRE
That man?

OSCAR
Yeah.  He was the previous Ambassador to Austria.  But since he fooled
 around too much with women, Lady Antoinette's mother, Lady 
 Maria-Theresa, hated him, and was recalled from the post.

ANDRE
Why would such a man would be here?

NICOLAS
Hey, Jeanne, that man...

JEANNE
Yes, I invited him.

NICOLAS
Wh-what?!
Why did you deliberately invite that lecher?!

JEANNE
Whatever the man may be, he's also the highest-ranking clergy in France.
I won't miss such an easy mark.
Thank God (for the fact) that man was a friend of Marquise Brandvillier.

[Jeanne, Nicolas, and Rohan move to another room]

OSCAR 
If she's really a descendant of the Valois Dynasty,
she would probably have a residence in Versailles Palace
and should be a Duchess by now.

[Jeanne hands an envelope]

ROHAN
Hm? Th- this is a will from the Marquise!

JEANNE
Yes, I've been keeping it for quite some time.
Please read it (or Please take a look?).

ROHAN
No doubt about it.
I'm sure this is the handwriting of the Marquise.
Hmm,  Jeanne-Valois, you shall inherit all the property!

OSCAR in her mind
I don't know exactly what it is, but a woman who has eyes like glowing fire
and a depraved (corrupt) priest,  Rohan.
Such a combination...I sense something evil. 

[end title]

NEXT EPISODE:
The Queen can do anything she wants.
But even in a Royal Palace, an illicit love affair is taboo.
Anticipating such a situation for Antoinette,
Oscar reluctantly had to encourage Fersen to leave France.
Next episode on The Rose of Versailles: "Fersen Departs for the Northland".
See you.



