The Rose of Versailles Episode 14 The Secret of the Angel translated by GinRei edited by Usagi B [] = 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 ********************************************************************** 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". Bernard Chatelet is spelled with a caret (^) over the a in Chatelet ********************************************************************** [bell's toll] OSCAR Look, the City of Paris! ANDRE It's been so long! OSCAR Long? We've been only away for about 10 days. ANDRE But in those 10 days, it felt as if we saw things worth several years. [flashbacks] ROBESPIERRE The whole country is dying! Isn't the Queen responsible for making the people suffer? OSCAR I wonder what happened to that girl... [a slum in Paris] OSCAR I thought it was around here. She was blond, and had eyes like an angel. I hope she'll be happy. ANDRE Let's go! OSCAR Yeah... [Rosalie's mother tries to get up from the bed] ROSALIE Ah, you should still be in the bed. MOTHER I'm all right, Rosalie. It's about the time for me to find a job, too. My body will become rusty otherwise. (My dictionary tells me: soften one's muscles. I guess the colloqual way of saying it is "I'll become lazy if I don't work".) ROSALIE Mom, don't worry about money. Your job is to just relax and rest. MOTHER I'm sorry. I'm only giving you troubles. ROSALIE Oh, (come on,) Mom, you're my mother. It's no trouble. [Mother weeps] ROSALIE Mom, don't worry. I'll make sure to find a job today. I will!! [opening title] [Note there is no director listed in the opening credits in episodes 14-18.] {Episode 14: The Secret of an Angel} ANTOINETTE Ah, Countess Polignac. I've been waiting for you. Please come in. Let's play some cards. POLIGNAC Queen Antoinette, actually, I came to say good-bye today. ANTOINETTE (Eh?!) My... my Countess Polignac! Why?! Why is it?! It's so soon; you just moved to the Palace. POLIGNAC Your Majesty, I've been your companion because of your warm friendship. But someone like me, without rank or property, can only feel embarrassed in the Court. I don't have a proper dress for my daughter (to wear) Everytime I imagine how embarrased my husband must feel about the number of servants and the size of the stable... Maybe I should withdraw from the Court. ANTOINETTE Countess Polignac, please don't worry. You shall never withdraw from the Court. Why didn't you tell me about it sooner? What do you think I am? I'm the Queen of France. Ah, my dear friend, Countess Polignac. I'll order the Finance Minister to have a new budget for you. POLIGNAC Your Majesty! ANTOINETTE Let's make a special house for the Polignac family at the Palace, and increase the number of your horses and carriages to 5 times more! Your servants will be paid by the country. And your husband, Count Polignac, will get the rank of the Post Minister! NOBLES My goodness. What an "angel" she is! Her face might be tender, but she's actually a shrewd schemer. Her Majesty is too credulous! Count Jules Polignac for the Post Minister? What past accomplishments does he have?! And his salary is 54000 Livres a year! How can something like this happen?! CHARLOTTE Mother! This is...this is a beautiful dress! I can hardly recognize myself!? POLIGNAC Charlotte... POLIGNAC in her mind The Polignac family was falling with endless debts, but from now on... I have the Queen backing me up. ANTOINETTE I feel so...so happy! I could help make my friend happy! NARRATION She came to believe that if she was happy, the People would be happy as well. That was the first mistake that Antoinette made. [at Jarjeyes'] OSCAR Father, I just came back now. JARJEYES You idiot! [slaps Oscar] JARJEYES Oscar, how can you carelessly go out traveling while under confinement. Didn't you think about the troubles that Lady Antoinette will face when the Court learns about this?! The Duke that you had a duel with has a powerful family. Lady Antoinette ordered you confined considering that you might be permanently exiled from the Court otherwise. Why can't you understand that? OSCAR I'm sorry, Father. However... no, because of that, for the sake of Lady Antoinette, I wanted to know how the farmers, who consist the majority of the French population, lived, what they think, and how they feel about Lady Antoinette! The life of the farmers that I saw was wretchedly poor. Can you imagine why they are so poor? A family is sharing one potato for a dinner... Something must be done soon. Or eventually, something terrible will happen! JARJEYES You're a Royal Guard for the Queen. You don't have to think such things! You're a noble, and the Head Commander of the Royal Guards! If you have so much time to think about that, practice fencing! ANDRE Oscar... OSCAR To hell with the nobles! To hell with the Dukes! ANDRE Oscar... [Bertin's shop] BERTIN Oh, Countess Polignac! You took the trouble to come over. I'd have visited you if you needed anything. POLIGNAC I need a new dress for a ball. BERTIN Yes, yes, we have special satins and Damask cloths. CLERK If you can't sew, you'll end up working in the kitchen. ROSALIE (Yes,) that's fine. I'll do anything I can. So, please, let me work (here)! CLERK Well... ROSALIE Please! CLERK 2 There's a customer from Versailles. Hurry. CLERK I'll be right there. ROSALIE wants to know the answer CLERK All right, start work tomorrow. ROSALIE Thank you very much! BERTIN Thank you very much. Please let us serve you again. COACHMAN Go! [Rosalie resting at a fountain] ROSALIE Now I can make my Mom at ease at last. I can buy medicines and bring her to a doctor, too. COACHMAN Watch out! ROSALIE I have to tell my Mom. She'll be happy! WOMAN Rosalie, Rosalie!! ROSALIE Madam! WOMAN Rosalie! My God, your mother was hit by a carriage!! ROSALIE (Eh?!) No,...it can't be!! [Rosalie's mother dying] ROSALIE Mom!! Why didn't you stay in bed?! MOTHER I'm sorry, Rosalie... [Rosalie sees Polignac] POLIGNAC What are you doing? Move the carriage! COACHMAN Yes ma'am! BERNARD Wait! Are you trying to run away? You almost killed someone! Why don't you come out from the carriage and apologize! Do you think you are allowed to do anything if you're a noble?! POLIGNAC Don't blame me. It was her fault, for running out in front of the carriage! COACHMAN Go! [carriage moves] BERNARD Wait! POLIGNAC If you want to complain (about it), come to Versailles! BERNARD Wait!! ROSALIE Mom!! MOTHER Rosalie, you're not my real daughter. Rosalie, please forgive me. ROSALIE almost at the same time Mom... MOTHER Your real mother is...a n...noble... Martine Gabrielle... ROSALIE A noble? Martine? Gabrielle? MOTHER I'm sorry for all the troubles you had for me. ROSALIE Mom! Mom, Mom! No, don't leave me! Mom, please don't leave me! MOM!! [Versailles] VOICE Hey, guards! Wake up!! Her Majesty's carriage has returned! [the gate opens] GUARDS My, my. She's been to another ball all night ? I wonder if Paris is that much fun. ANTOINETTE Ah, Mme.Jarjeyes. MME JARJEYES Welcome back, Your Majesty. ANTOINETTE Oh, Mme.Jarjeyes. You don't look very well. You didn't have to stay up to wait for my return. MME JARJEYES (Yes,) thank you, Your Majesty. ANTOINETTE Come, rest in your room. You look really tired. MME JARJEYES Yes, for a little while then. [Polignac remembers Rosalie's look] ROSALIE You, you killed my mother...! [graveyard] ROSALIE in front of her mother's grave Mom...! [flashback] POLIGNAC If you want to complain, come to Versailles! Come to Versailles! ROSALIE in her mind A flower patterned blue dress and (curled) blond hair. BERNARD You can't stay here mourning forever. It's painful, but the dead won't return. I'm Bernard Chatelet. I'm a news reporter in Paris. If you're in trouble, I'll help you anytime. ROSALIE Thank you very much, but it's all right. BERNARD H-hey! ROSALIE Mom, I...I promise that...I'll avenge you! ROSALIE Is this the right way to Versailles? MAN Yeah. ROSALIE Thank you very much. MAN But hey! It'll be midnight by the time you get there! [Rosalie keeps on walking] ANTOINETTE Ah, the beautiful moon is now behind a cloud... When I was still young, I've heard a fairytale like this: The full moon gets behind a cloud, because there's a girl crying somewhere... [flashback] ROSALIE Mom! ANTOINETTE What's wrong, Mme.Polignac? POLIGNAC It's nothing, Your Majesty. Night wind is bad for you. Let's play (some) cards. ANTOINETTE Yes! (or, Sure!) POLIGNAC I've learned (how to play) a new game. ANTOINETTE Ah, wonderful! Let's play it now. [Mme Jarjeyes faints] ANTOINETTE Mme.Jarjeyes! POLIGNAC (Please) hang on! ANTOINETTE Mme.Jarjeyes! [at Jarjeyes'] VOICE of JARJEYES You don't have to think such things! You're a noble, and the Head Commander of the Royal Guards! If you have so much time to think about that, practice fencing! ANDRE Oscar! Madam has fallen at the Palace! OSCAR She did?! [Andre and Oscar hurries to the Palace] ROSALIE I'm almost to Versailles. [Versailles] OSCAR Please, go now. ANDRE OK! OSCAR Lady Antoinette! ANTOINETTE Oscar! Please stop the carriage! ANTOINETTE Oscar... OSCAR I'm sorry, Your Majesty. I'm still in the middle of month long confinement (/ punishment?) but... ANTOINETTE Please take care of your mother. Let her (relax and) recuperate for a while. Instead, Oscar, you come to the Court from tomorrow. OSCAR Then... ANTOINETTE The confinement was for a month, I remember. In my calendar, it's already long past, Oscar. OSCAR Lady Antoinette... Thank you, thank you very much! POLIGNAC Your Majesty, it's about the time to leave now. We'll be late for the ball otherwise. ANTOINETTE I'll see you tomorrow, Oscar. OSCAR Yes, Your Majesty! [carriage] OSCAR Mother, are you all right? Why don't you lie down? MME JARJEYES Thank you, Oscar. I'm all right. I was only a little tired. I won't mind settling in our house for a while. ROSALIE Here it comes! OSCAR Please, Mother. Watch your step. JARJEYES Thank you, Oscar. ROSALIE in her mind There's no mistake. A flower patterned blue dress and (curled) blond hair! Revenge for my Mom! [Rosalie attacks Mme. Jarjeyes] ROSALIE Revenge for my Mom! Take this!! OSCAR What are you doing?! [Oscar knocks the knife out of Rosalie's hand] OSCAR You're... ROSALIE You're... [Rosalie sees Mme. Jarjeyes' face] ROSALIE No, it's not! It's the wrong woman! [Rosalie collapses] OSCAR What? You mistook this house for Versailles Palace? ROSALIE Because I heard that Versailles was this way. And this was a huge castle, so... ROSALIE What are you doing?! OSCAR Follow me! ROSALIE Where...where are you taking me to?! [at the window] OSCAR Here, look at this. You see, Versailles is a city itself. And the Palace is even further back, the huge architecture there. OSCAR Do you see? You can't even sneak into the garden no matter what. ROSALIE That woman is in there. OSCAR You said the woman who killed your mother was wearing a flower patterned blue dress. But every lady has at least one dress (made) of blue Damask (cloth) with flower patterns. ROSALIE It's not fair!! I didn't know anything.... My Mom was killed in front of me. and I can't do anything about it! OSCAR I'll teach you how to use a sword. ROSALIE What? OSCAR Unfortunately, you wouldn't have been able to kill even a puppy with your skill. If you want to avenge your mother, you''ll have to practice some fencing. It'll be difficult to find out one lady among thousands of them, but you don't have to hurry. If you have the access to the Court, you'll meet (/see) her someday. In order to do that, you'd have to be polished to become a lady to enter the Court. [ending title] NEXT EPISODE: Infatuated with Mme.Polignac, Antoinette was lured into indulging herself in gambling. When she spends what is equivalent of $6 million of the people's tax money, Oscar decides to act. What is her decision...? Next episode on The Rose of Versailles: "The Countess of Casino". END - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Bruce Carlson carlson@indirect.com Phoenix, AZ