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There?s the large carpet in the main hall.
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Clean it!
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And the windows, upstairs and down.
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Wash them!
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Oh, yes...
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and the tapestries1, and the draperies.
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- But I just fin--
- Do them again!
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And don't forget...
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the garden... then scrub
the terrace... sweep the halls...
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and the stairs... clean the chimneys.
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And of course, there's the mending,
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and the sewing, and the laundry.
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Oh, yes, and one more thing.
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See that Lucifer gets his bath.
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- But, but, but--
- No "buts" about it!
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My son has been avoiding
his responsibilities long enough!
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It's high time he married and settled down.
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Of course, Your Majesty2.
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- But we must be patient.
- I am patient!
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But I'm not getting any younger, you know.
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I want to see my grandchildren before I go.
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I understand, Sire.
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No, no, you don't know
what it means to see...
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your only child grow farther...
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farther... and farther away from you.
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I'm lonely in this desolate3 old palace.
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I...
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I want to hear the pitter-patter
of little feet again.
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Now, now, Your Majesty.
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Perhaps if we just let him alone.
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Let him alone?
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W-w-with his silly romantic ideas?
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But, but, Sire, in matters of love--
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Love... Ha!
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Just a boy meeting a girl
under the right conditions.
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So, we're arranging the conditions.
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But, but, Your Majesty,
if the Prince should suspect--
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Suspect?
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Ha! Look...
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the boy's coming home today, isn't he?
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Yes, Sire.
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Well, what could be
more natural than a ball...
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- to celebrate his return?
- N-n-nothing, Sire.
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If all the eligible4 maidens
in my kingdom just...
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happened to be there,
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why he's bound to show
interest in one of them, isn't he?
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Isn't he?
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Y-y-yes, Sire.
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The moment he does...
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soft lights, romantic music,
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