The Rose of Versailles Episode 27 "Even if I Lose the Light..." translated by GinRei edited by Usagi Grey [] = 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". Orlean should be spelled with an accent sign '/' on the 'e'. Chatelet is spelled with a circumflex ^ over the 'a'. ********************************************************************** [Andre's eye harmed] OSCAR Andre! ANDRE My eye... OSCAR Andre!! Andre! Andre!! ANDRE-!! {Opening Title} {Episode 27: Even if I Lose the Light...} DOCTOR It's not a light wound. Please make sure not to take off the bandage without my instructions. Otherwise, he might become permanently blind in one eye. OSCAR Yes, doctor. NANNY Yes, doctor. NANNY Doctor, a man can still live without an eye, can't he? DOCTOR Grandma, we don't know if his eye will be blinded or not yet. Cheer up! NANNY Thank you very much. DOCTOR See you. ANDRE What happened to the Black Knight? OSCAR He escaped, unfortunately. ANDRE Why? Why didn't you catch him? That was the only chance we had after all that trouble. OSCAR Don't be ridiculous, Andre. How could I leave you behind and chase him? OSCAR It's dawn, Andre. ANDRE I'm really glad that it wasn't your eye. OSCAR Andre... BK For the coming age, a gun is worth more than an hour of speeches. Let's go, comrades! [attack] JARJEYES I don't know what to do. OSCAR Is something wrong, Father? JARJEYES Hmm, they're gone. OSCAR What are gone? JARJEYES 200 brand new rifles. One of my subordinates was in charge of the transportation. It was the Black Knight! [eye test] DOCTOR How is it? Do you see anything? ANDRE Yes, a little but blurry... NANNY Uh, Doctor, how is it? DOCTOR Open the curtain when I finish disinfecting and putting on the bandage (on his eye). NANNY Yes, Doctor. [flashback] OSCAR Palais Royale! OSCAR Palais Royale... Perhaps I should look into it. NARRATION Palais Royale... that was where Oscar cornered the Black Knight and lost him. And it was also the resident castle of Duke Orleans, the King's cousin who's said to be an anti-monarchist. OSCAR I'm Brigadier Oscar Francois de Jarjeyes. I have a permit from Duke Orleans for an official visit. Please open the gate! ORLEANS [the voice actor has changed!] Welcome, Brigadier Jarjeyes. I welcome your visit with my heart. OSCAR Thank you very much. Duke Orleans, I'm glad to see you in your usual good health. ORLEANS I already got used to the disgrace of being called "anti- monarchist". I'm living in perfect health everyday. Please sit down. Formalities don't suit me. OSCAR Thank you. (lit. "Then...") ORLEANS Let's take care of the business. You said you needed to talk to me. OSCAR Yes, there's something that I'm eager to ask. Do you know the Black Knight, Sir? ORLEANS Yes, I do. I've heard the rumors. OSCAR No, not the rumors. Do you know him personally? ORLEANS What an honor. That I'm an acquaintance with that celebrity. But unfortunately, I've yet to meet him. But it's refreshing that you've asked me straight out. Just like you. All right. I'll guide you to my salon out of respect for you. All sorts of people gather in my salon, especially the young. Perhaps among those youngsters you'll be able to find the Black Knight that you're after. MAN All the music, literature, art, and education up until now were abortive flowers of the Court salon! The new art and culture shall be born from our salon (like this)! Right! From the small world to the bigger world, and from musty (/stale) salon into the sunlight! ORLEANS Are you surprised? My salon is (free and) open to young lawyers, artists, and news reporters, regardless of their classes. Society disparagingly calls us "anti-monarchists" But I'd (at least) call it (something like) "Liberalism". OSCAR in her mind It worked. I wanted to sneak into this salon. I'll find the man who tried to blind Andre's left eye (at any cost)! MAN Wow, your Latin is outstanding. OSCAR No, it's not that much. MAN (BTW) Classics are nice. But read Jean Jacques Rousseau if you can. OSCAR Rousseau? MAN "Discourse on the Origin of Inequality among Mankind" It clearly shows that the world doesn't exist only for the nobles. BLACK KNIGHT All right. Capture her alive. If we blackmail her father, we can get as many guns as we want. SERVANT Miss Jarjeyes, I was instructed by Lord Orleans to guide you this way. He'd like you to see the old wine collection with him. OSCAR This is marvelous. Where is Duke Orleans? SERVANT He'll come shortly. Please wait for him here. OSCAR OK. (or, All right.) BLACK KNIGHT Don't move, Royal Guard Regiment Commander! If you obey me, you'll stay alive. NANNY Do you need help, Andre? ANDRE No, it's all right. But tell somebody to groom Oscar's horse. I won't be able to do it for a while. NANNY Well... Mademoiselle Oscar hasn't come back for 2 days now. ANDRE What?! NANNY We haven't heard from her since the official visit to Palais Royale. We sent a messenger there but the reply was that she left within that day. ANDRE Palais Royale...?! OSCAR How long are you going to keep me here? BLACK KNIGHT Until you obey our commands: Write to your father, and we receive 500 rifles in exchange for your life. We already know that your father, General Jarjeyes, is in charge of all the military weapons and their transportation. He's in a position to be able to manage 500 rifles without any difficulty. OSCAR Don't underestimate me. Do you really think that I'll write such letter? BLACK KNIGHT With enough time, yes. You will write it. We know quite enough that the (mere) pride of nobles is weak and fragile. [flashback] DOCTOR Please make sure not to take off the bandage without my instructions. Otherwise, he might become permanently blind in one eye. [Andre sneaks into Palais Royale] GUARD Hi. ANDRE (as BK) H-hi. GUARD Ah, wait! That Royal Guard Regiment Commander doesn't eat any of the bread we give her. Who does she think she is? The nobles are so obnoxious, so snobbish, you know. ANDRE Yeah, absolutely. Bye. GUARD Bye. [Andre goes into Oscar's cell] ANDRE W-wait, Oscar! It's me! OSCAR Andre! ANDRE Jesus, you almost broke my neck. BLACK KNIGHT What happened? Who did this to you?! GUARD The Black Knight... BLACK KNIGHT What?! ANDRE Wait, Oscar. Somebody is coming! OSCAR It's the Black Knight. All right. Andre, hand me your gun! OSCAR We've come this far. We'll take him back. BLACK KNIGHT Damn! OSCAR Drop your gun, Black Knight! It's my turn now. GUARD Yo, Black Knight! Are you going out for your work? BLACK KNIGHT Yeah, more or less. Open the gate. ANDRE Hey, you guys, has someone who was dressed up like me just gone out from this gate? GUARD Uh...y-yeah...just now... ANDRE WHAT?! You've let him escape! He's an impostor! GUARD Eh?! Impostor?! ANDRE You morons! Open the gate! I'm going after him! GUARD Y-yes! OSCAR All right, stop. We'll wait for Andre. Now get off the horse, too! BLACK KNIGHT What if I say no? (or, What if I refuse?) OSCAR What?! BLACK KNIGHT Are you going to shoot me? You can't. I'm going! There are many things that need to be done. I'll see you again. OSCAR Stop! BLACK KNIGHT Among the nobles I've seen, you're (/you'd be categorized as) one of the better ones. So I estimate that you're not the kind to shoot an unarmed man in the back. OSCAR It depends on who it is! [Oscar shoots] OSCAR You're the one who wounded Andre's eye! If you try to give me any crap, I'll shoot a lead bullet in your left eye! ANDRE What was that gun shot (just now), Oscar? Did you kill him? OSCAR Andre, rip off his mask! We'll see his (real) face! ANDRE All right! OSCAR This man is... the man who was always with Robespierre (I think). OSCAR Bernard Chatelet, born in 1760, a newsreporter (/journalist) of "Le Vieux Cordelier". BERNARD You've done a through investigation. OSCAR I can find out something more interesting if I hand you to the authorities. Your relationship with Palais Royale, for instance. OSCAR Do take good care of yourself. I'll let you stay here until your wound heals. BERNARD You're too lenient just like I assumed. If you do that, you're giving me a chance to escape. OSCAR I missed my aim. I aimed at your shoulder, but the bullet went through right by your heart. So the doctor said it's dangerous for you to move. My conscience will bother me if you die from my bullet. That's all. But if you want to die, move around. It's up to you. BERNARD Queen's (watch)dog! OSCAR A (watch)dog and a thief. We're even. BERNARD I'd rather be a thief! [lit. It's better to be a thief!] I'm acting of my (own) will! OSCAR What's wrong, Andre? ANDRE No, it's nothing serious. My left eye is a bit... OSCAR ANDRE! DOCTOR I TOLD you not to take off the bandage! I'm sorry but there's nothing I can do for your left eye. [Oscar runs upstairs] OSCAR I'll do exactly what you've done to Andre! ANDRE Oscar, I still have my right eye. I can still see the sun light and greenery (of the trees). I still haven't lost anything yet. ANDRE Oscar, are you really going to hand him over to the authorities? OSCAR What?! ANDRE The aristocrats aren't starving now, but the people are. We can't do anything but HE can (probably) do something for the people. As well as in the future. OSCAR Andre, what are you saying?! You're willing to help the man who deprived one of your eyes?! You're willing to forgive him?! He's a thief! ANDRE You're right... I guess I've become eccentric after being blinded (in one eye) impersonating the Black Knight. Sorry. I sometimes forget that I work for the nobles. JARJEYES Oscar, Oscar! Oscar, I heard you did it! You've captured the Black Knight? Good job! I'm confident that you'll be promoted to a Major General! OSCAR Father. He was...a wrong man. JARJEYES What? OSCAR Unfortunately, it was the wrong person. (or, Unfortunately, it wasn't him.) He was just a city hoodlum. We've found no evidence in the investigation afterwards. OSCAR There's something I want to know. What's Duke Orleans to you guys? BERNARD Nothing. We only took advantage of his Liberalist posture and used Palais Royale as a hideout. There's no better place to hide. OSCAR All right, then. Let's move on to (/talk about) business. BERNARD Business? OSCAR I mean The 200 guns you stole from my father's troops. I'll make it a bargain at 1000 Livres, so pay the money. BERNARD What? OSCAR I've written a letter to a girl named Rosalie in the Temple District in Paris. Hide there for a while and heal your wound. (or, Hide there while your wound heals?) She knows how to keep a secret. BERNARD Thank you. I didn't think you'd let me go. OSCAR If you want to thank someone, thank Andre. Not me. BERNARD Andre? OSCAR Right. He was perhaps a better Black Knight than you were. [ending title] NEXT EPISODE: Oscar was stepping into her own path after parting with Fersen. Meanwhile, Andre who grew with Oscar since his childhood was stunned to find himself seeing Oscar as a woman. What would become of his illicit love? Next episode on The Rose of Versailles: "Andre, a Green Lemon". END - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Bruce Carlson carlson@indirect.com Phoenix, AZ