Queen Margot Page #4

people yelling murder...

Hide your grief.

Hide your fear and sorrow.

Keep a light heart,

pretend you're free.

You've managed so far.

Don't stop!

Death was on her lips.

Never show them you're weak!

Those you love become their victims.

That's how they can destroy you.

Never show them your love.

Margot, no!

l promised not to...

I didn't.

He's gone.

One day he woke up

and asked for you.

You were gone, so he left.

He's living with a Duchess.

He's rich...

But he's sad.

I worry about him.

A Duchess?

l stitch arms as well as I chop heads!

A woman from the court?

Who knows Margot?

Who sees her every day?

Does he live with her?

Wait here.

You're alive!

Thank God!

You saved my life...

And you're back to punish my sins!

Thanks to you,

I'll make up for all my crimes.

l can't absolve your crimes...

Hit me!

I'm wretched...

There is someone in me,...

someone else...

Someone I didn't know.

An animal, a monster.

And it gave me

terrifying pleasure!

Calm down.

You're my redemption, La Mle.

l beg you to hit me.

Get up!

Are you hungry?

You want to eat?

Can I cook something?

Tomato, basil and fresh onions.

It's my turn to feed you.

And the Louvre?

I'm there all the time.

That's what makes me sick.

Can you really get in?

They're all silk-clad vultures!

Nobody cares about the massacre,

except me.

You take me for an idiot?

No.

You have a letter for Henri of Navarre.

Yes!

But you want her?

You wish to free her.

Help me!

No! It's too dangerous!

- She saved me!

- To better ruin you.

Maybe...

Maybe.

Who managed to get you up?

You're lucky...

l can't any more.

He's the one

she thought was dead,

and dreams about.

l know.

You were eating?

You wish to see her?

You really do?

You shall.

Every night

l dreamt of a ghost.

Every morning

l hoped

you were alive.

l always knew you'd recognize me.

Always.

You smelt of jasmine that morning.

l thought:
maybe she's ugly

under her mask?

Or disfigured.

But it didn't matter.

You wouldn't let me kiss you.

l thought:
she's even lonelier than me.

She loves as though

she is seeking revenge.

l tried to forget you,

but you came to me on that horrid night!

God brought me to you.

l opened my eyes during the massacre,

and there you were...

How many men?

Two hundred.

They'll be in Meaux,

waiting for him.

When's the hunt? At what time?

Monday.

They leave at six.

They'll be in Pontoise at nine.

They'll eat at twelve,

and Henri will try to slip away.

You'll be with him?

No.

It's a wild-boar hunt.

Men only!

I've tried to get you out for months!

Navarre and you,

but mainly you!

I'll leave on my own.

I'm the King's sister. It'll be easy.

Where will I meet you?

Henri's page, Orthon, will tell you.

Henri's already a prisoner here.

Why the Bastille?

l want him locked away.

- In a cell?

- Yes.

He'll die!

Listen, Armagnac is back from Holland.

He's with Cond, in Meaux.

- So?

- They're scheming.

They got money

from England and Holland.

Sign.

No!

Not now! He's going to teach me...

to kill wild boar with a dagger.

Go hunting. We'll arrest him after.

Tonight's fine.

Sign.

They're waiting. I'm late.

Maurevel!

He's back?

Why him?

Why not? He's perfect.

After the hunt.

Come on, Henri!

Come to Navarre!

l can't leave Charles.

Quick!

A stake!

A stake!

Take my pistol!

It's no fun with a gun!

A stake!

Come on!

Give me one!

Another one!

Come on!

Look out!

Anjou!

Alencon!

Shoot!

Shoot!

Are you all right?

l suppose...

Thank you, Henri.

I'm not dead, so you're not King!

Not yet.

You thought about it, though!

To Paris!

To Paris? Now?

Yes, I've had enough.

Come on, friend Henri!

Back to the Louvre?

Can you believe it?

He saved the King!

He betrayed us!

We must warn Margot!

She can wait!

They'll notice she's gone.

I'll go to the Louvre.

l want to see him.

Go and get killed, then!

Come along.

We're leaving.

Leaving?

I'll get my coat.

No! Come now!

Come on.

Go on, she's waiting for you!

l thought you were dead.

Again!

You must go back.

Henri saved the King's life.

They turned back

before Henri could escape.

They'll see you're gone.

You must go back.

Come!

Marie!

Charles!

l brought another King.

A happy one, with no crown.

Come, Henri.

Take his hand.

Hold it...

It's the hand of a brother.

Without him,

our child would be an orphan!

l can eat without checking my food here!

You won't say anything? Ever?

She'd kill them!

Catherine loves you.

Maybe she'd only be jealous.

Jealous?

She only loves Anjou.

She wants to rule with him...

To make him King!

King of France or Poland.

l feel happy here.

But...

Does Margot know about...?

Nobody knows.

If she knew, maybe she'd be jealous too?

She plays sister to you,

but not wife to me!

Would you let Margot go free?

Come sit with us!

I'd rather listen.

Would you set Margot free?

Today I can't deny you anything.

Then let us go!

I'll take her to Navarre.

Margot? In Navarre?

She'd be bored to death!

I'll teach her...

to love life.

I'll teach her...

to go swimming in rivers,

to cook bread on hot stones,

to drink wine,

to eat garlic!

One must love life.

That's all there is in Navarre.

Did you sleep with Margot?

Yes.

Don't leave me, Henri.

You're my only friend.

Nobody will harm you,

or Margot,

not as long as I live.

If we succeed,

you'll go to Navarre with Henri.

- You'll be safe.

- I know.

You'll be Queen.

And you'll be my master,

and my subject!

I love you as you are now.

Naked, in exile, forgotten by all...

No past, no future...

No family, no fancy clothes

to buy love!

I'm on your side, with the victims.

l won't go back to the killers.

I'll never be your subject!

Please, don't ever leave me!

Promise me something.

They say death

always took your lovers.

They say you lock their hearts

in gold boxes around your bed.

They do?

What else?

That at night, wearing a mask,

I roam the city

looking for love?

One day you'll know who you really are.

Promise you won't forget me,

the one you shouldn't have loved.

l promise.

God's hand is on this man!

Come kiss me, my son.

You were brave yesterday.

Your hand saved my son.

I thank you.

Come!

There she is!

The Protestants believe

you betrayed them!

They can't understand!

What is betrayal...

but one's skill in following

the flow of events?

You've made great progress!

I'm learning from you.

Where were you last night?

Do you know?

l gave the King my word.

Anjou is leaving. My heart bleeds...

I love my three children.

l mean, all four of them...

Why come back?

Wasn't he good enough?

I came back for you!

La Mle would die to free us!

- Us?

- He'd die for us!

He'd die for another night with you.

His life is no use to me.

Have you gone mad?

Don't you care who they killed?

Your blood will soon be on the wall!

You must go,

flee as soon as you can!

Charles trusts me.

You did it for a reason!

And he knows it!

l saved him,

and he saved me.

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