THE ROSE OF VERSAILLES
EPISODE 8
"Oscar in my Heart"
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".
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[In Andre's dream]

[Oscar slaps Andre]

ANDRE:
Oscar!  What did I do wrong!?
Tell me, Oscar!

OSCAR:
I don't want to see your face ever again!  Get lost!

ANDRE:
Oscar... H, how can you?!
W, wait!
Oscar, Oscar!
OSCAR!!

[Andre wakes up]

ANDRE:
A dream...

[opening title]

{Episode 8:  Oscar in My Heart}

ANDRE (taming a horse):
Don't worry, I only had a dream.  
I rarely see Oscar anymore, since she is by Lady Antoinette
all the time these days.
Then I felt that I was neglected as if I was someone not wanted... 
Strange.  I know that Oscar is a noble and
a commander of the Royal Guard.  Her rank will keep going up, but I'm
nothing but a stableman.  It might be wrong to assume that a childhood
friendship would last forever.

[Oscar comes into the stable]

ANDRE:
Oscar.

OSCAR:
You spent the night here? 
I won't be responsible if you get sick as a result.

ANDRE (in his mind):
(Oscar, you don't (need) me anymore...?)

[Versailles garden, looking at a huge rose]

ANTOINETTE:
Oh, how beautiful!  Look, Fersen. 
See how it really shines with the morning dew.

LADIES:
Oh, really wonderful!
No wonder it attracts Her Highness's attention.
How beautiful...

[Antoinette tries to pick it up]

NOAILLES:
Ah, Your Highness, what are you doing?!
What if you are injured?!  Your fingers will...

[Fersen picks it up for her]

ANTOINETTE:
Thank you.

FERSEN:
You're welcome.

ANTOINETTE:
Really, how beautiful...
Now, let's go to the Garden of Amour next, Count Fersen.

FERSEN:
Yes.

ANDRE:
Count Fersen is surely Lady Antoinette's favorite.

OSCAR:
I'm worried that Her Highness cannot hide her feelings.  I hope nothing
happens.

ANDRE:
You're like a nanny, worried about things before they happen,
when it comes to Lady Antoinette, Oscar.

[Andre sighs]

OSCAR:
Hm?  What's wrong?  
You're acting strange today.

ANDRE:
It's nothing.

OSCAR:
It's not even manly to sigh.

ANDRE (in his mind):
Is Lady Antoinette the only thing that Oscar thinks of?

[Antoinette sees duBarry on a horse]

NOAILLES:
Eh, a horse?!
A good horse?!  W, what are you...
Of course not!  What if something happens?!
Please behave yourself!

ANTOINETTE:
Why can't I ride on a horse?
How come I'm the only one who is told that "you can't do that?"

NOAILLES:
Please think more about yourself.
If something happens to the future Queen, even by a one in a million chance, 
what will happen to France?
The Crown Prince would never, never allow this either!

[forge]

CROWN PRINCE:
It's taking shape slowly.

NOAILLES:
Crown Prince!

CROWN PRINCE:
Countess Noailles, I'll present one to you sometime.

NOAILLES:
Please!  Crown Prince!  Please tell her clearly what she can and cannot do!
Otherwise, the Princess will become even more capricious, and nobody will
know what she'll say next...

CROWN PRINCE:
Well, well, it's all right, Countess Noailles.

NOAILLES:
Crown Prince!

CROWN PRINCE:
Oscar will be with her, and Andre will be there, too.  So, if it's only a
little bit...

NOAILLES:
Ah, the Crown Prince is spoiling Lady Antoinette!

CROWN PRINCESS:
Th, that's... well...

[a white horse is brought into Versailles garden]

NOBLES:
Oh, what a beautiful horse!
It's a gift from the Crown Prince.
Her Highness gets anything beautiful in the world in her hands.  She's
really fortunate!
Will the untamed Princess be able to ride a horse?
Then I'll bet 5000 for falling from the horse.
Oh, she's now on the horse!

ANTOINETTE:
Wow, it's high!  Wonderful!

ANDRE:
Please hold the reigns!

OSCAR:
Please hold on tight.

ANTOINETTE:
Oh!  Crown Prince, Count Mercy, and Oscar... everybody looks so small!

NOAILLES:
Princess!  Please don't move around like that!

ANTOINETTE:
It's OK.  Oh, it moved!

ANDRE:
Princess, please stay still!

OSCAR:
Please hold the reigns low and pull hard when stopping.

ANTOINETTE:
Thank you, Oscar.

ANDRE:
And, never kick the side, please!

ANTOINETTE:
Thank you, Andre.

ANDRE:
Princess, don't let the reigns loose!

OSCAR:
Watch out!

[the horse goes out of control]

ANDRE:
Oh, no!

OSCAR:
Your Highness!

ANTOINETTE:
S, someone-!!

[the horse starts to gallop, Andre dragged along]

OSCAR:
Your Highness!

OSCAR:
Andre!  Let the reigns go!  You'll die!

ANDRE:
I mustn't let go!

[the reigns tear and Andre falls off]

ANDRE:
LADY ANTOINETTE!

ANTOINETTE:
Help!  Help!

OSCAR:
Your Highness, please don't let the reigns go!

OSCAR (in her mind):
(If it goes on, Her Highness will head into the canal!

ANTOINETTE:
O-Oscar!  Help me!

OSCAR:
Your Highness, please keep your body away from the horse's neck!

ANTOINETTE:
No, I can't!

OSCAR:
Your Highness, please have courage!  Please!

ANTOINETTE:
It's impossible (to do that)!

OSCAR:
Please believe in me!  You Highness, please hurry!  Now!

[Oscar jumps onto Antoinette's horse and falls carrying Antoinette in her
arms]

OSCAR:
Hang on, Your Highness.  Please hang on!
Your highness!

[a branch is cutting through Oscar's arm]

[Antoinette still unconscious]

NOAILLES:
Is the doctor here yet?  What a disaster!
She's still unconscious like this...!

OSCAR (in her mind):
Your Highness, please regain consciousness!

LOUIS XV:
Who was the stableman who caused this accident?!
Arrest him immediately!

OSCAR:
What?!  Andre was arrested?!
Don't lie to me! 

GERODERE:
I-it's true, Commander!
He was taken away just now!

OSCAR:
Andre was arrested!  That's... that's impossible!

[Andre taken in front of Louis XV]

LOUIS XV:
The responsibility for causing this scandal is serious!  Are you ready for
the consequences?

[Andre keeps silent]

LOUIS XV:
You've caused the Crown Princess to get injured.  Even if it was an
accident, you won't get away from the death penalty.

[Oscar running in the hall]

OSCAR (in her mind):
(Andre!  I won't let you die!)
(I won't let them execute you!)

LOUIS XV:
Take him to the prison immediately!

OSCAR:
Please wait!

ANDRE:
Oscar!

OSCAR:
Your Majesty!  Please, please wait!

OSCAR:
Crown Prince, Countess Noailles, Count Mercy, Count Fersen, and others
all saw it.  It was a careless mistake. but Andre is not at fault!

[Oscar draws the sword]

ANDRE:
Oscar!

OSCAR (holding up the sword):
If Andre is still blamed, under the name of the Jarjeyes family, I request
a formal trial! 
 Otherwise, Andre's responsibility is also his master's -- my responsibility.  
Please take Oscar Francois's--my life here first!

ANDRE:
Oscar...

FERSEN:
Your Majesty!
Your Majesty, I, Axel von Fersen, would also like to make a request.

OSCAR:
Count Fersen!

FERSEN:
Your Majesty, it was not Andre's fault.
If you insist, please take my life, too!

OSCAR (in her mind):
(What a man. Axel von Fersen!)
(What a man with a sense of justice!)

ANTOINETTE:
Your Majesty!
Please, please don't blame anyone!
It's all my fault!  It's all from my selfishness!

OSCAR:
Lady Antoinette!

ANTOINETTE:
Andre, Oscar, Fersen, it's all right.  His Majesty is a very merciful
person.  Not even one of you will die for me!  Nobody is guilty.  Withdraw
now, hurry!

LOUIS XV:
All right.  If the Crown Princess tells me so, I won't blame anyone for
this time only.  Andre, you have a very good master.

ANDRE:
Your Majesty!

OSCAR (in her mind):
(Count Fersen, I thank you with my heart.  I will never forget your help,
never!)

[Oscar faints]

FERSEN:
Oscar!

ANDRE:
Oscar!

ANTOINETTE:
Oscar!

NOBLES:
Blood!  She's bleeding!

[Jarjeyes]

NANNY:
Lord, please save Lady Oscar's life!  Please show and give us mercy, Lord!

MAID:
This way, please.

ANDRE:
Doctor, please, please save her!
S..She'll be OK, Oscar will be back to normal, right?!

DOCTOR LASSONE:
Well, I have to examine first.

ANDRE:
If I were more careful, this wouldn't have happened...
I'm the one who put Oscar in this situation.
It's my fault!

FERSEN:
Calm down, Andre.

ANDRE:
Oscar, it was me who should have gotten that injury!

FERSEN:
Andre, CALM DOWN!
I know how you feel, but now, we have to see Oscar's injury...

DOCTOR:
Could you please open her shirt?

NANNY:
Ah, yes...
Andre, please go outside with Sir Fersen.

ANDRE:
Ah, right.

FERSEN:
Eh?  W-what is it?
Why do you have to be so proper at a time like this?
You can't show your skin even among men?  We're not a royal family.

NANNY:
W-w-what?!
How dare you say that to our Mademoiselle!

FERSEN:
Eh, Mademoiselle?!

NANNY:
H-h-hurry up and go out now!

[outside the house]

FERSEN:
Oscar was a woman!

ANDRE:
Oscar is not a woman, but a man.

FERSEN:
What!  But now...

ANDRE:
Oscar grew up as a man and lived as a man.  From now on, too!

FERSEN (in his mind):
No wonder her shoulders are slender.
Her figure is too fragile... but what a woman!
Oscar, you're more manly than a man.

[General Jarjeyes comes into the bedroom]

JARJEYES:
Oscar!
Oscar...
How is Oscar's condition?

NANNY:
Y-yes, well...

DOCTOR:
There's a lot of bleeding from the wound and the bruises are quite serious.

NANNY:
Of course, she fell from the horse carrying Lady Antoinette!

JARJEYES:
Will she be all right?!

DOCTOR:
Yes, General.  There will be no danger once she regains consciousness.
But at this point...  
Tonight is crucial.

JARJEYES:
Tonight...

ANDRE:
Tonight...

JARJEYES:
Oscar, I heard people all praising you.  I'm very proud!  Oscar, you're my
excellent son...

[Andre nursing Oscar]

ANDRE (in his mind):
(Oscar, please regain consciousness!)
(Oscar, please open your eyes!)
(I'm ashamed.  I'm ashamed of myself for doubting your feelings even for a
moment.)

[flashback of the intro]

ANDRE (in his mind):
(Oscar, you haven't changed a bit.  You're the same as you were
in the days of our youth.

[days of youth flashback]

OSCAR:
Andre, this is yours.

ANDRE:
This is the sword that the master used when he was young!
A family treasure handed down for generations!

OSCAR:
Father gave me two.  So, one is for me and one is for you.

ANDRE:
Oscar!

OSCAR:
Let's go!  Come on!

[they play with the swords]

[both horse riding]

OSCAR:
Hey, let's go!

ANDRE:
OK!

ANDRE:
Oscar!
Oscar-!

[end of memory]

ANDRE:
Oscar, Oscar!
Ah, Oscar, you're awake?

[Oscar opens her eyes]

OSCAR:
Andre?

ANDRE:
Oscar, how fortunate!

NANNY:
AH, Lady Oscar!  How fortunate, really fortunate...


OSCAR:
I was dreaming of my youth.
I heard Andre's voice calling to me, almost crying.

ANDRE:
Oscar!

OSCAR:
Fersen, thanks for coming so early in the morning.

FERSEN:
Well, well, I'm relieved now.  For a while, I was really worried.

OSCAR:
I'm sorry to have troubled you.

FERSEN:
You're a lucky one.

OSCAR:
By the way, where's my Mother?

NANNY:
Madame is caring for Lady Antoinette.

FERSEN:
Lady Antoinette has gotten well.  She even went out for a walk this morning.

OSCAR:
I see.  That's good...
I also troubled you in many ways, Andre.
But you were fortunate. 
You may be the only person ever to injure royalty
and not be beheaded for it, Andre.

[Oscar laughs]

ANDRE (in his mind):
(Oscar, you're such a...)
(Someday, I'll give my life for you.)
(Like you threw yours for me yesterday!)
(Someday... someday, for you,) 
(I'll give my life!)
(I'll give my life!)
(I'll give my life!)

NEXT EPISODE:
Mme duBarry is in her prime.  Her figure was like a sunflower in full
bloom, reflecting the light of the Sun called Louis XV.
The summer sunlight that burns all will wane someday.
Next episode on The Rose of Versailles:  "The Sun sets, the Sun rises". 
See you.

