401 I'm going back to bed. 402 Mia, the three of us have to taIk. 403 Oh, OK. Is there something eIse... 404 about me and my Iife I might want to know about? 405 Are you two waiting to take me on a taIk show... 406 to teII me I have a twin sister who's a duchess? 407 You have a cousin who's a contessa. 408 Fondly known as Bartholomew. 409 Actually, we call him Pookie. 410 Yesterday did not go weII. 411 WiII you just Iisten to your grandmother? 412 AmeIia, in a matter of weeks... 413 we have an annuaI baII. 414 I was--I am hoping that I may present you... 415 to the press and the pubIic on that occasion. 416 However, you desperately need some instruction. 417 I speak for the entire Genovian parIiament... 418 and the royaI famiIy. 419 And I speak for this famiIy. 420 Excuse me... 421 I don't have a famiIy with either one of you... 422 because you ignored me for 15 years... 423 and you Iied to me. 424 FamiIies don't do stuff Iike that, OK? 425 [Footsteps going upstairs] 426 Where is she going? 427 The tower. 428 Mia, you can't run from everything! 429 She has a tower? 430 HELEN/ Please? Just come down from there. 431 MIA: Most kids hope for a car... 432 for their 16th birthday, not a country! 433 Just make yourseIf comfortabIe. 434 [Fat Louie hisses] 435 HELEN/ This is getting us nowhere! 436 Talk to me. 437 I can't taIk to you right now. 438 I'm Iate for a meeting with my guidance counseIor. 439 I'm Iate for a meeting with Spain and PortugaI. 440 HELEN/ l have a thought. 441 Mia promises to attend princess Iessons... 442 untiI your baII. 443 WeII, it's not my baII. 444 It's Genovia's annuaI Independence Day baII. 445 I'm sorry. 446 Mia promises neither to accept nor reject... 447 your offer to be royaI untiI this grand baII... 448 and then she makes her decision. 449 Now, can you both live with that? 450 It seems I have no option. |