651 a wonderful dream come true. 652 Yes, my child, but like all dreams, 653 well, I'm afraid this can't last forever. 654 You'll have only 'til midnight and then-- 655 - Midnight? Oh, thank you. - Oh, now, now just a minute. 656 You must understand, my dear. 657 On the stroke of twelve, the spell will be broken, 658 and everything will be as it was before. 659 Oh, I understand, but... 660 it's more than I ever hoped for. 661 Bless you, my child. 662 I-- Goodness me! It's getting late! 663 Hurry up, dear. The ball can't wait. 664 Have a good time, dance, be gay! 665 Now, off you go. You're on your way. 666 With a bibbidi-bobbidi, bibbidi-bobbidi... 667 Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo 668 The Princess Fredrica Eugenie de la Fontaine. 669 M'amselle Augustina Dubois, 670 the daughter of General Pierre Dubois. 671 Ah... the boy isn't cooperating. 672 M'amselle Leanora Mercedes de la Torre, 673 daughter of Colonel and Madam de la Torre. 674 I can't understand it! 675 There must be at least one who'd make a suitable mother. 676 Shhh! Sire! 677 Uh... a suitable wife. 678 The Mademoiselles Drizella and Anastasia Tremain, 679 daughters of Lady Tremain. 680 I give up! 681 Even I couldn't expect the boy to-- 682 Well, if I may say so, Your Majesty. 683 I did try to warn you, but you, Sire, are incurably romantic. 684 No doubt you saw the whole pretty picture in detail. 685 The young Prince... 686 bowing to the assembly. 687 Suddenly, he stops. 688 He looks up, for lo, 689 there she stands, the girl of his dreams. 690 Who she is, or whence she came... 691 he knows not, nor does he care. 692 But his heart tells him that here... 693 here is the maid predestined to be his bride. 694 A pretty plot for fairytales, Sire, 695 but in real Life... oh, no... no. 696 It was foredoomed to failure. 697 Failure, eh? 698 Take a look at that, you pompous windbag! 699 Who is she? You know her? 700 No, Sire. |