The Girl King Page #3

Thank you.

Anything else?

Johan is afraid that

an army that doesn't share

our peaceful aspirations

is about to invade Prague.

Prague?

Yes.

Isn't that where Emperor

Rudolph keeps his treasures?

Yes.

They say the treasures

include priceless rare books.

The most beautiful

paintings of all time and...

A collection of animals,

never seen in this

part of the world before.

- Yes.

- They also say...

He has an unholy Bible.

A Bible written

by the devil himself.

[SIGHS]

Prague...

[LAUGHS]

Concentrate...

[KNOCKING]

Count Oxenstierna.

Johan!

Hey...

[LAUGHS/SIGHS]

I'm so happy to see you again.

I'm glad to hear that.

An official portrait, Countess.

You're spoiled.

Et voil!

The humanists

are here by the door.

The stoics...

by the windows.

And...

The library

of the humanist Grotius

will arrive soon.

Can you imagine!

Forty-eight cartloads of books!

150,000 manuscripts...

This new library could hold

500,000 books and treatises.

Nourishment for

our beloved Sweden.

The most

beautiful garden of all.

Did you really miss me...

while I was away?

I told Countess Sparre you are

the man who is dearest to me.

Let me read to you...

Not this one,

this one is in Greek.

Hum...

- And this one in...

- Arabic.

Of course...

And this one in Spanish.

Ah!

At last, here's one

in our language.

I'm listening.

The Elliptical Trajectory of the

, by Kepler.

[SIGHS]

Good Lord...

An official portrait

for Countess Sparre

in a whore's gown?

It's the gown you sent

to Kristina as a present

while you were away.

I sent a gown?

To Kristina?

Several gowns.

[LAUGHS]

For Kristina?

18, to be honest.

Hmm..

Why is the countess wearing it?

I don't know ask her!

[MUMBLES]

Women...

[CHUCKLES]

We have to maintain

total domination,

over the Baltic Sea

at all costs.

But I promised the Germans

we would leave them

three provinces

with access to the shore!

Emperor Marcus Aurelius said:

"The world is in

perpetual transformation

and life is a mere opinion."

Translation, please?

Nothing is unalterable.

You intend to break the

promise I made to the Germans...

The negotiations

are taking too long.

We worked day and night to grant

them this access to the sea.

I have ordered Karl Gustav

to enter Prague.

We will conquer Prague?

Before the peace negotiations

are over?

The terror inspired

by the conquest of Prague

will hasten the negotiations

to our advantage.

", dieu qu'il est doux de

plaindre le sort d'un ennemi

quand il n'est plus craindre!"

Huh?

And that means:

An enemy on his knees

has no choice but to negotiate.

You intend to send

me back to Osnabruck,

to break our promises?

No, Johan, I intend

to keep you here with me.

We will march on Prague!

(ALL)

We will march on Prague!

Axel?

We will march on Prague!

[APPLAUSE]

Why can't she talk

like the rest of us?

Hmmph...

Descartes is afraid he'll

be forced to flee Holland soon.

He will always be welcome here.

- Has he written to you recently?

- Well actually...

He wrote...

A treatise.

And it is for you.

Descartes hopes for

your Majesty's opinion.

For me?

Les passions de l'me.

His latest work.

He must come to Sweden

and teach me all this.

I'll invite him,

on your behalf, your Majesty.

You must.

I will.

Look...

Oh!

What a nice surprise.

They're looking for you.

Kristina?

Oh...

Au revoir your majesty...

Where are you?

Come...

He wrote to me...

All this...

"To attain the truth in life,

we must discard

all the ideas

we've been taught..."

"And reconstruct the entire

system of our knowledge."

The queen is here!!!

The Queen!

The Queen!!

What were you and

her majesty talking about?

Chancellor, you cannot

deny my access to the Queen.

You know France

is your greatest ally.

We need your mines.

You need our money.

Hmmpf.

[CHEERING/APPLAUSE]

My valiant subjects!

You work to ensure the glory

of Sweden and your queen.

Offer them some beer.

Thanks to your

fathers' rebellion,

My ancestor rose to the throne

and overthrew tyranny...

Offer them beer!

As the great

Marcus Aurelius said...

Beer for everyone!

[CHEERS/APPLAUSE]

"Long live Kristina!"

"Long live Kristina!"

"Long live Kristina!"

"Long live Kristina!..."

[CONTINUE CHANTING]

"Desire is an agitation

caused by the spirits"

which disposes the soul

to will for the future

"things it represents

to itself as desirable."

Are you feeling ill?

No...

Just a bit tired.

Go get some rest.

- No... I.

- Immediately.

[SIGHS]

In the winter...

during the military campaigns,

my father asked a nobleman

to warm his bed for him.

He lay in the bed

before my father,

and the sheets were warm

when the king came to join him.

They called him

the king's bed companion.

From now on,

you will have this title.

At the court?

And you will

assume these duties.

Belle?

You may call

me that if you wish.

I don't need your permission.

[SIGHS]

I know how to set a bear trap,

how.. how to cl..

Clean a musket, but...

I don't know how

to place my lips on yours.

What to do with my hands.

That was better

[SIGHS]

What does your philosopher say?

To attain the truth in life

we must discard

all the ideas we've been taught.

[CRYING]

[GASPS/CRYING]

The queen says that...

pregnant women

are nothing but sows.

Our monarch is fluent

in many languages.

I want to remain in her service.

There is no better position

than that of a lady-in-waiting.

None sire, none.

There is only one way for

you to remain in her service.

That is against God's will!

Is fornicating

outside of wedlock,

a Christian act?

[GASPING]

But I love him...

Of course...

Of course you do...

[SOBS]

I will see that they deal

with this thing in your belly.

Heh...

And you can be helpful to me,

Countess Erksein.

So? What is it?

Countess Sparre has

broken off her engagement

with Jakob de la Gardie.

[SIGHS]

Nobody told me.

When Her Majesty is one's rival,

one doesn't shout it

from the rooftops.

What are you insinuating?

The countess,

has just been promoted

to the title of the

queen's bed companion.

Hah!

Johan, Johan, Johan!

Friendship between

women is much closer

than the friendship of men,

and it can be

easily misinterpreted.

When will you

stop kidding yourself,

- my pathetic papa?

- Wait, stop!

You raised her as a man

and now you're surprised

that she whistles at women!

Her determination to change

the natural order of things

is from her deviance, father.

Deviants they need to question

the natural order of things.

They need to make the world fit

their peculiar vision

of the order of things.

We must not exaggerate.

How long will we stand by

while ladies adopt breeches

and gentlemen become

[CLICKS TONGUE] eunuchs?

We must not exaggerate

and stop drinking! Stop.

The more scandalous

her behavior,

the more people will blame you.

I... I know someone who

will remind her of her duty.

What is the purpose

of this rare visit, Mother?

I want to travel to Germany

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