:33:01
Good, it is done.
:33:03
Arrange for the wedding
directly after the tournament.
:33:06
We'll make a show of this.
:33:08
You there! Go hence.
Scour the countryside.
:33:11
Bring in the fairest
wenches in the land.
:33:13
Mind you see that
they are the fairest.
:33:15
Wenches, laughter, song,
that's what this court needs!
:33:18
Indeed, sire! And the good
Giacomo will provide it.
:33:22
Giacomo? Who is Giacomo?
:33:23
He's the new
jester I've sent for.
:33:26
By reputation the gayest and
wittiest entertainer in Europe.
:33:29
Splendid! Ha ha! What
a festival this will be.
:33:32
Jousting by our boldest knights.
Wenches at our beck and call.
:33:36
My daughter married to Griswold,
who will take her to a castle up north.
:33:40
Way up north! But gentle
lords, you make me very happy.
:33:51
They have won.
:33:53
For the moment, yes. The king is
guided by the last voice he hears,
:33:57
and that voice shall be mine.
Giacomo will see to that.
:34:01
Giacomo? A mere jester?
:34:03
With one special talent for which
my agent has bargained dearly.
:34:08
In addition to his brilliance
as an entertainer,
:34:12
the jester Giacomo also happens
to be the world's most skillful,
:34:16
devious, and subtle master
of the art of assassination.
:34:28
So as Hawkins becomes the incomparable
Giacomo and heads for the castle,
:34:34
while the maid Jean with the infant
king still hidden in the wine cask,
:34:39
journeys towards the abbey
and safety for the child.
:34:45
Their plan seems simple enough,
:34:48
but the simplest plans so often go a miss.
:34:52
For at the very moment
Hawkins was delayed on the road,
:34:56
the maid Jean was to run
afoul of the king's men,
:34:59
who were scouring the countryside
for the fairest wenches in the land.