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Well, we'll invite them to the theater
for my first performance.
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- We'll need an audience.
- Splendid.
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Bravo!
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Bravo!
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Bravo!
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And in the end, I don't know
how they go out.
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- It's always raining there.
- Not like here. It's always raining.
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They are cheerful, I must admit.
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There's someone to see you.
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Oh, who?
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Good afternoon!
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You've come to pay me a visit.
How gallant1 you are.
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- Have you seen Marie Thérèse today?
- She's been married off.
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Can't we at least wait
until she's talking?
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If you insist.
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Come home. We're having a ball for
the soldiers who fought in America.
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I will.
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I hope there are
some handsome generals.
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They've been away from women
a long time, you know.
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May I also present Comte d'Estaing.
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Excellent victory on the capture
of Grenada. Excellent.
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Congratulations.
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Your Majesty2, may I present
Colonel Smythe.
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May I also present Count Fersen.
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Count Fersen.
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Pleasure's all mine.
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Thank you, sir. Thank you.
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- What is this?
- It's a wild strawberry.
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Try it. It's quite exquisite3.
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Honestly! The Marriage of Figaro.
You'd love it.
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The servants take over the house.
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It's superb4.
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The women were carrying
the verses5 around on their fans.
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Best thing I've seen for years.
You enjoyed it, didn't you?
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I think we saw it together.
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It was over three hours.
Far too long for me.
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- Cheers, everybody.
- To the queen.
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To our queen.
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Have a good evening.
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And to Raumont
for bringing the oysters6.
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To Raumont for the oysters.
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And to Lamballe
for bringing the flowers.
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For the flowers, beautiful flowers.
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And to Fersen for coming
all the way from Sweden.
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- Yes.
- To Sweden.
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All the way from Sweden.
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That is a very long journey,
I must say.
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- How long was it?
- Took about ten days.
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Yes, ten days
is a very long time.
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Personally, I can't travel
that much myself.