:03:02
NARRATOR: Our hero, of course,
knew none of this.
:03:05
He was safely
in his entourage...
:03:07
traveling, he thought,
to his wedding.
:03:09
Here he is--
the Count of Malfete.
:03:12
He is also a duke,
a baron, and a lord.
:03:15
A nobleman, plagued by
only those small things...
:03:19
which inconvenience
a knight--
:03:21
the permanent presence
of his sisters...
:03:23
his mother and father...
:03:24
and, as all knights
must endure...
:03:27
an idiot servant, Andre...
:03:30
whose smell
made people faint...
:03:31
a considerable achievement...
:03:33
among a population
who never bathed.
:03:35
FATHER: Down, peasant!
:03:38
[Man laughing]
:03:43
NARRATOR:
The duke, or Thibault...
:03:46
as his subjects were
not allowed to call him...
:03:48
was joyous.
:03:49
The long-awaited day
of his marriage...
:03:51
had come at last.
:03:52
WOMAN:
What have we got here?
:03:53
Another lot of
bloody royal bastards?
:03:56
MAN:
Must be that French duke...
:03:57
come to marry
the king's daughter.
:03:59
Mind the forest!
:04:00
There be dragons
who'll make dinner...
:04:02
from your bones in there!
:04:03
[Laughing]
:04:05
NARRATOR: Andre loved
and protected his master.
:04:09
Master! Master!
:04:11
The forest--it is haunted!
:04:13
NARRATOR:
Thibault responded.
:04:16
ANDRE: Thank you, master.
:04:18
[Thunder]
:04:21
NARRATOR: With every step...
:04:22
he came closer to
the castle of his beloved.
:04:26
He hoped he would be
with her soon...
:04:29
for rare was the journey
in which Thibault...
:04:31
did not have to stop
and rescue someone.
:04:34
[Woman screaming]
:04:36
NARRATOR:
This was no exception...
:04:39
For like his ancestors...
:04:40
he lived by
an ancient family rule...
:04:43
ANDRE:
A woman in distress!
:04:45
NARRATOR:
The only one he knew.
:04:46
WOMAN: Aah! Aah!
:04:48
Beware, sire.
:04:49
NARRATOR:
Courage was more than a duty.
:04:52
Courage was his creed.