:06:02
Your Majesty knows
why l have never married.
:06:07
All the same, l think it's time that you did.
:06:10
Someday you might run into a sword.
:06:13
lt would be a pity if that were the end
of the oldest family in France.
:06:17
Your Majesty commands me to marry?
:06:24
May l ask one final favor?
:06:27
You select my bride.
:06:31
l think you'll like this child.
She's on the threshold of life.
:06:38
Aline, this is the Marquis de Maynes.
:06:40
lt seems that your dancing has made
a profound impression upon him.
:06:44
He wishes to express his admiration.
:06:46
Cousin, this is my protégé,
Aline de Gavrillac.
:06:53
Charming.
:06:58
You dance delightfully.
You sing, too, no doubt.
:07:02
- A little, sir.
- And you play some instrument?
:07:05
The clavichord.
:07:06
And l imagine you are skillful
with needle and thread.
:07:09
Yes, sir. l knit and sew.
l also embroider, here and there.
:07:13
l have read the plays of Corneille,
Racine, Molière, and Voltaire.
:07:17
l did not understand a word of them.
l ride a little and fall off a lot.
:07:21
l don't cook too well,
but l'm quite good at chess...
:07:24
although l prefer snakes and ladders.
:07:26
l have a nodding acquaintance
with geography, geometry...
:07:29
astronomy, philosophy, and botany.
:07:31
l'm afraid l gave up algebra when l was 12.
:07:34
- She also has spirit, cousin.
- So l see.
:07:37
May l have the honor of waiting upon you
while l am here in Paris?
:07:41
l also play chess...
:07:43
though l regret l am unfamiliar
with snakes and ladders.
:07:46
Aline will instruct you, won't you, Aline?
:07:49
lf you say so. l'll speak to Father
when l go home for his birthday.
:07:53
l shall write to him.
:07:54
l shall tell him it is my earnest desire
that you and the Marquis become...
:07:58
good friends.