THE ROSE OF VERSAILLES
EPISODE 6
"A Silk Dress and a Rugged Dress"
translated by GinRei
typed by Long Lee
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".
 Gerodere should be spelled with "\" accent grave over the second "e".
 Orleans should be spelled with "/" accent acute over the "e".
 deGuemenee should be spelled with "/" accent acute over the first 3 "e"s.
 Champs-Elysees is spelled with an accent / over the second (middle) e.
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ANTOINETTE:
At any rate, I can't wait any longer!
It's been 3 years since I got married, and I still haven't been to Paris yet!
What kind of silly joke is this?

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE:
However, Your Highness, Paris has not been perfectly safe recently
It's not the time to visit yet

ANTOINETTE:  It's been postponed for half a year, then to a year...
Always with some excuse like that!
The citizens of Paris must also be waiting impatiently for our visit!

NOBLES:
Hmm, at any rate, we have to call for a meeting and ask the opinions of
the royal family...
Indeed.  What if something happens to Your Highness?
That would be dreadful!

ANTOINETTE:
All right.  That's enough!
It's useless to talk to you anymore, so I'll ask His Majesty directly myself!

ORLEANS:
Justice of the Peace, there's no need to worry about safety in Paris.

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE:
Why do you say that?

ORLEANS:
There's a Royal Cavalry to protect the Crown Couple.
The Royal Guard, with Oscar Francois de Jarjeyes as its Commander.


DEGUEMENEE :
Exactly.  I agree with what Duke Orleans says.

ORLEANS:
That's right.
Isn't that right, Commander Oscar?

OSCAR:
Indeed.  Since it is my duty, I'll protect the Crown Couple with my life!

[opening title]

{Episode 6:  A Silk Dress and a Rugged Dress}

ANTOINETTE:  
Oscar!
It's been decided!  His Majesty has given me permission, Oscar!
Ah, I can finally go to Paris!
I can't wait until next week (or next spring)!
Tell me, Oscar, is it true that the promenade of Champs Elysees is made of
marbles?  Are there really ghosts in the tower of Notre Dame?

OSCAR:
Crown Princess, the visit to Paris is no playing (or leisure/ game).

ANTOINETTE:
Of course, I know that, Oscar.
But I can't control my excitement in my heart!

OSCAR:
Your Highness, this is a ceremony for the man who will
soon become King and his wife to greet the citizens of Paris 
in a friendly manner.

ANTOINETTE:
Yes, don't worry.  I'll do fine!
Ah, but my heart is already beating fast now!
Paris, the City of the Glamorous Flower!  Say, Oscar, what dress should I
wear?  Yes!
The crown?  Ribbon?  Earrings?  
It's like a dream!  My longing, my Paris!
My Paris!
MY PARIS!

[after leaving Antoinette's room]

ANDRE:
It's unbelievable that you're both the same age.

OSCAR:
As whom?

ANDRE:
You and the Crown Princess.  She doesn't look like a 17 year-old.  She's
like a child.

OSCAR:
Are you flattering me?

ANDRE:
Of course not!  Who would flatter you?

OSCAR:
But I like Lady Antoinette's child-like heart.

Although she has noble dignity, she's attracted to things that are
powerful and beautiful, and acts faithfully to her passion (emotion).
She has a likable temperament. 

ANDRE:
I see.  People are attracted to what they don't have.

OSCAR:
That might be true.  She has some shortcomings, too. 
But anyone would come to like her personality by being at her side.
You, too, feel the same, don't you?

ANDRE:
Yeah.
But I don't know about *everyone* liking her though...

[cellar]

DEGUEMENEE:
She's pretty elated, that Austrian brat!
If she becomes popular with the people, that eventually means that the
popularity of the Crown Prince will increase, too!

ORLEANS:
That dumb locksmith!

DEGUEMENEE:
Anyway, it's a bit inconvenient for us, who think that you shall be the
next King.

ORLEANS:
Did you come up with some plots for me?

DEGUEMENEE:
There's a man who has a grudge against the Royal Guard, 
and he will attempt something interesting during the Paris visit.

ORLEANS:
Hmph!

DEGUEMENEE:
If the reputation of the Crown Couple and that impertinent Oscar
come down to earth...

ORLEANS:
Killing two birds with one stone...

[Oscar, Andre, and Gerodere inspecting Paris]

PARISIENNE:
The Royal Guards are great!
Really fascinating!
But what are they here for?
Lady Antoinette is coming to Paris!
They're probably taking a look beforehand.
Lady Antoinette?!
Wow, I'll go see her!

GERODERE:
That's the Guillip (sp?) I suppose.

OSCAR:
There's no need to take a look at the slum area since it has nothing to do
with the parade route.

NARRATION:
20 km away in Versailles, the nobles are living in opulence. 
But the people in the Flower City of Paris
were suffering from a succession of misgovernment. 
Especially in slums like the Temple and Gravillier areas, people
without jobs were living in poverty.

[A hungry bum is staring at the bread in the bakery and smashes the window.]

BAKER: 
A thief!  It's a thief!  Somebody capture him!  Stop!

[The baker runs after the man.  Other bums gather around the baker to get
bread.  Jeanne is also one of them!]

BUMS:
Bread!

CHILDREN (singing):
The Princess is coming
In the golden carriage
The Princess is coming 
In the golden carriage
The Princess is coming 
In a golden carria...

JEANNE:
Shut up!  Go away!!

CHILDREN:
Hey, it's MEAN Jeanne!

[Jeanne comes home]

JEANNE:
AH!  Potato soup again?!

MOTHER:
Don't play around.  Deliver the laundry to Mme Malcomb's store.


JEANNE:
Hmph, I don't want to.

MOTHER:
You're such...
Why can't you be a little more like Rosalie?

JEANNE:
Unfortunately, I'm not as tame as Rosalie is.

[looks in the mirror]

JEANNE:
Hey, Mom, is it true that our father was the last noble of the Valois
family?

MOTHER:
Heavens, that story again?!

JEANNE:
Because the Valois family was the lineage of the Valois Dynasty,
which ruled before the current Bourbon Dynasty came in! 
And aren't Rosalie and I the last survivors?

MOTHER:
I was a maid to the Valois family at the time it fell. 
I was loved by the master.

JEANNE:
Then, Rosalie and I were born.

MOTHER:
Right.  But after Rosalie was born, the master died.
And that was the end of the poor Valois family.

JEANNE:
If the time was right, we'd be living in the Versailles Palace.
Right, Rosalie?

ROSALIE:
Versailles?  No way.  Jeanne, it's just like a dream.

JEANNE:
A dream?  No, it's not a dream!  Not a dream!
Ah!  It's living right now is a dream!
It's a nightmare, a nightmare!
Washed-out, faded dresses!  Muddy ones!
Living in a pigsty-like house (wretch hovel) in a dump-heap-like city,
eating ground chaff bread and potato soup everyday!

[mother slaps Jeanne]

JEANNE:
Mom!

MOTHER:
You say such things, while you never work but stare into mirrors everyday?!
You're already 17!  You can work as a seamstress or a maid or whatever!
If I were more healthy, I'd work more and more and buy nice dresses for
you two!  Feed you better (tasting) food!

[mother coughs]

ROSALIE:
Mom!

MOTHER:
You don't understand my sorrow at all!

JEANNE:
Enough of your tale of misery! 

ROSALIE:
Jeanne!

JEANNE:
I'll climb my way here with my own hands!
I'll get a chance and wear silk dress with laces for sure!

ROSALIE:
Jeanne!

MOTHER:
Rosalie.
Leave her alone.  She'll come back when she becomes hungry.

ROSALIE:
Are you OK, Mom?

MOTHER:
Thank you.  You're a kind child, Rosalie.
Rosalie, I'm so glad that you're with me.

ROSALIE:
Of course, I'm with you.  I'm your daughter.

MOTHER:
...that's right.  You're my daughter, a precious dearest daughter.

[Paris at night, at the Cafe]

OSCAR:
That's...?!
Isn't that Duke deGuemenee?

OSCAR:
He seems to be incognito.

GERODERE:
That... the other man is...

OSCAR:
Do you know him?

GERODERE:
He was a member of the Royal Guard until a year ago,.
His name is Charles Colder.
He's frighteningly good at sword fights and clever. But, he corrupted
himself with gambling, and was dismissed from the Guard.

ANDRE:
But why is Charles with deGuemenee then?

OSCAR:
Shhhhh!

[DeGuemenee hands a sack of money]

[goes to the carriage]

JEANNE:
Ah, you merciful Monsieur! 
Please have mercy on me.  I'm descended from the Valois family lineage!

DEGUEMENEE:
Don't come any closer, you beggar!

[slaps down Jeanne]

COACHMAN:
Go!

[carriage leaves]

JEANNE:
You stingy, stupid, old man!

[tries to stand up, but her ankle is sprained]

JEANNE:
Ouch... ouch!

JEANNE (in her mind):
(Damn it! 
We're just as human as the rich aristocrats!
I won't be beaten by the bad luck of when I was born!

[intermission]

WOMEN IN PARIS:
It's really fortunate that wars didn't break out!
And all because the Crown Prince married a woman from Austria.
Yeah, from now on, taxes will be lower and it'll be easier to live.
We all have to welcome her.

JARJEYES:
A servant came back from Paris a while ago, and the whole city is
unimaginably packed with people.   Make sure you stay alert.

OSCAR:
Yes.

JARJEYES:
Look ahead in the parade route, and always pay attention to the horses. 
As the people's excitement grows, they might get frightened.

OSCAR:
I understand.

[Oscar leaves]

JARJEYES:
Do you think I'm getting old, Andre?

ANDRE:
Why do you ask, all the sudden?

JARJEYES:
I have a bad feeling about this.
I hope she completes her duty without any trouble.

VOICE:
Proceed (Advance?)!

[Crown couple on the carriage]

GERODERE:
Commander, do you remember the man named Charles that you saw before?

OSCAR:
The man who was with deGuemenee?

GERODERE:
That's right.
I've looked into him further, and found out that he frequently goes to a
gun-powder factory.

OSCAR:
Gun-powder factory?!

[Andre following Charles]

CHARLES:
It's perfect.  Enormous sound and firing will occur one after another.
Any horse would go wild.

DEGUEMENEE:
Location?

CHARLES:
Leave everything to me.

NARRATION:
On that day, sky over Paris was clear without, a single cloud.  The 18-year 
old Crown Prince and the 17-year old Crown Princess officially visited the 
Capital City, Paris, for the first time.

CROWD:
Take a look!  Crown Princess seems as if she's come out from a picture!
If someone like her becomes the Queen, happy age with easier life will
probably come!
Of course!  It can't help but happen.

ANTOINETTE:
Crown Prince, everybody is welcoming us here! (is happy that we've come
here!).

CROWN PRINCE:
Yes.

ANTOINETTE:
This many, this many people for us!

[Andre comes riding on a horse]

ROYAL GUARD:
Stop!  Where are you going?

ANDRE:
I have something to report to the Royal Guard Commander immediately!
Please let me go!

ROYAL GUARD:
Don't be reckless!
The Commander is beside the Crown Prince's carriage.

ANDRE:
Firecrackers might be thrown into the carriage!

ROYAL GUARD:
What?!

[Andre goes near Oscar]

ANDRE:
Oscar.

OSCAR:
Andre!  Why are you here?

ANDRE:
Shush, come closer. (lend me your ears?)

OSCAR:
WHAT?!
Gerodere, take charge here!

GERODERE:
Commander!

OSCAR:
Andre, look to your left!

[both look for Charles in the crowd]

[Oscar finds Charles who's about to throw firecrackers]

[Oscar jumps onto Charles.  Firecrackers explode in water]

OSCAR:
Halt!!

[Oscar chases Charles]

[Charles runs into sewer and attacks Oscar with a sword]

[after a sword fight, Oscar throws up Charles's sword]

OSCAR:
Talk!  Were you asked by Duke deGuemenee?

OSCAR:
You were once a Royal Guardsman.  What a shame to rebel against the
Crown Prince!
Shame on you!

[Charles dies from the poison he had in his ring]

OSCAR:
He had the poison ready!

[Antoinette waves from the balcony]

ANTOINETTE:
How wonderful, Oscar!
All these people adore me!
I'm so happy!

[fireworks]

NARRATION:
If Antoinette never forgot the passion and love on this day, perhaps she
wouldn't have become a tragic Queen.

JEANNE:
To hell with the Crown Prince!  To hell with the Queen!

[a carriage passes by]

JEANNE (in her mind):
(A pretty nice coach.  Should I try a bit?

[Jeanne runs in front of the coach]

JEANNE:
Please wait!  Please wait!

COACHMAN:
Halt!
You idiot, don't run out all of a sudden!

LADY Brandvillier:
What is it?!

JEANNE:
Madame!  A kind Madame! 
Please have mercy on an orphan of the Valois family lineage!

LADY Brandvillier:
Valois family?!

JEANNE:
Yes.

LADY Brandvillier:
I've heard a rumor that there's a child from the Valois family...

JEANNE:
Yes, my father's name is Baron St. Remy.

LADY Brandvillier:
St. Remy?  Ah, I know that St. Remy very well.

JEANNE:
My father and mother died.  I'm left alone like this, with no fortune or
relatives I can depend on...

LADY Brandvillier:
Poor thing, a descendant of the Valois family is in such misery. 
Now, come in.

JEANNE:
Eh?!

LADY Brandvillier
I'm Marquis Brandvillier (sp?).
You can tell me all about it at my house.


JEANNE:
Madame...

JEANNE (in her mind):
(This is my chance!)
My dream will come true! 
I can live like I deserve!
I'll do anything for that, ANYTHING!)

[at baker]

BAKER:
Sorry.  The prices has gone up to 15 centimes today.

ROSALIE:
Eh?!

BAKER:
Meat and vegetables keep getting more expensive, and we can't go on with the
prices before.

[Rosalie walking]

ROSALIE (in her mind):
If I buy a bread, I won't be able to buy butter or Mom's medicine.  I'm
afraid!  How are we going to make a living from now on?  Jeanne, please
come back!  Help me!

[Rosalie almost run over by a coach]

FERSEN:
Are you injured, miss?

ROSALIE:
No, I'm OK.  It was my fault for walking absentmindedly.

FERSEN:
Then, excuse me.

[inside the coach]

FERSEN:
Compared to the main streets, living conditions in this area are terrible,
aren't they?
   (The old man beside Fersen was called "Jii", someone who
   took care of Fersen from childhood, somewhat like a nanny.)

JII:
Yes.

FERSEN:
A war was avoided by the marriage with the Hapsburg family, but it
seems like the King doesn't know about the fact that there are a lot of
people who are almost starving.  What will happen to France?

NARRATION:
A Swedish noble, Fersen, who completed studying weaponry in Germany,
medicine in Italy, and philosophy in Switzerland, has now come to France
in order to give a finishing touch in noble society.  Antoinette, Oscar,
and Fersen's destined encounter was near.

[ending title]

NEXT EPISODE:
At that moment, all the sounds vanished from Antoinette's ears.
While incognito at a masquerade ball, she meets a young aristocrat.
Worrying about the Princess, who's faithful to her emotions,
something that Oscar feared most began to happen then... 
Next episode on The Rose of Versailles: 
"Episode 7:  Who Wrote the Love Letter?".  See you.

