:44:00
Ah very well indeed, sire.
:44:02
Splendid, splendid. what about
all those stories we've heard?
:44:06
Wasn't it awful about
the Duchess of Urber ?
:44:09
Oh, just. Uh, just awful, sire.
:44:11
I ask you, how could a
thing like that happen?
:44:13
Well, sire, you know the Italian court;
what better place to court Italians?
:44:19
Italian court? Court Italians!
:44:24
Ah, Ravenhurst, the fellow
has wit! Ah, I must say,
:44:27
I was shocked to hear about the
Duchess. What did the Duke do?
:44:33
Pardon?
:44:34
The Duke. What did
the Duke do?
:44:36
Eh... the Duke do?
:44:38
Yes. And what
about the Douge ?
:44:39
Oh, the Douge!
:44:41
Eh. Well what did
the Douge do?
:44:44
The Douge do?
- Yes, the Douge do.
:44:47
Well, uh, the Douge did what
the Douge does. Eh, uh,
:44:50
Oh, when the Douge does his
duty to the Duke, that is.
:44:53
What? What's that?
:44:54
Oh, it's very simple, sire.
:44:55
When the Douge did his
duty and the Duke didn't,
:44:58
that's when the Duchess did the
dirt to the Duke with the Douge.
:45:01
Who did what to what?
:45:02
Oh, they all did, sire. There
they were in the dark;
:45:05
The Duke with his dagger, the Douge
with his dart, Duchess with her dirk.
:45:08
Duchess with her dirk?
- Yes!
:45:10
The Duchess dove at the Duke just
when the Duke dove at the Douge.
:45:13
Now the Duke ducked, the Douge
dodged, and the Duchess didn't.
:45:16
So the Duke got the Duchess, the Duchess
got the Douge, and the Douge got the Duke!
:45:21
Curious. I... I... hm?
What? What's that?
:45:25
All I heard was that the Duchess had a
siege of rheumatism. She's 83, you know.
:45:29
Oh, come next summer, sire.
:45:30
So's the Duke.
- So's the Duke.
:45:32
Remarkable, those Italians, what?
:45:40
Made the whole thing
up, didn't you? Ho ha.
:45:44
Very witty, very clever.
Just what this court needs
:45:47
Laughter, gaiety, songs,
wenches... oh, yes. Wenches.
:45:53
I'm just on my way to
inspect the lot of them.
:45:55
Who knows, I may
find some luscious...
:45:57
Oh, sire.
:45:59
If I may suggest, it ill befits the
propriety of your high office