The Man in the Iron Mask Page #3

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OF COURSE, IT'S NOTHING

WITHOUT THE KING HIMSELF.

WHERE DID THEY TAKE HIM?

MS. FOUQUET DID NOT SAY.

LEAVE ME.

CAPTAIN D'ARTAGNAN.

CAPTAIN.

WHO ARE YOU?

MY NAME IS NOT IMPORTANT,

BUT, I...

WHAT?

I KNOW WHERE:

THEY'VE TAKEN HIM

WHERE?

I CAN TRUST YOU.

I KNOW I CAN TRUST YOU.

YOU TELL ME WHERE HE IS,

AND YOU MAY SAVE HIS LIFE.

WHERE?

THE ISLE ST. MARGUERITE.

MY GOD, WE MUS GET HIM OUT OF THERE.

IT WOULD TAKE AN ARMY

TO PENETRATE THOSE WALLS.

I ONLY HAVE A:

HANDFUL OF MEN.

BRAVE MUSKETEERS, TOO,

BUT NOT ENOUGH OF THEM

TO TAKE A FORTRESS.

BUT, WE CAN ALWAYS TRY.

NOT BY FORCE, MY FRIEND,

BY CUNNING.

NOT NOW, COLBERT, CAN YOU

NOT SEE WE ARE BUSY?

I SINCERELY REGRET

THIS INTRUSION, SIRE,

BUT THESE MATTERS

WILL NOT WAIT.

LE COLERAL,

FROM MADRID.

FOR THE AMBASSADORS

TONIGHT, SIRE.

REALLY, COLBERT,

YOU CANNOT HAVE CHOSEN

A MORE INOPPORTUNE MOMENT.

AND THE USUAL, SIRE.

THE USUAL, AGAIN, SIRE.

WHAT HAVE WE HERE?

MERELY A RELEASE ORDER

FOR A MINOR OFFENDER.

YOU CONSIDER:

THIS ESSENTIAL?

FOR YOUR NAME-DAY, SIRE.

THIS ANNUAL DEMONSTRATION

OF ROYAL CLEMENCY

HELPS TO REAFFIRM YOUR

SUBJECT'S DEVOTION TO YOU.

THEY LOVE YOU THE MORE,

FOR YOUR GREAT COMPASSION.

HOW SHREWD YOU ARE,

COLBERT.

PERHAPS, TOO SHREWD?

THERE.

NOW, MAY WE RESUME

OUR PROCEEDINGS?

SIRE.

LET US SEE THE:

SUIT BROCADE AGAIN, PASSONER.

YOUR MAJESTY?

NOTHING, IT...

IT IS NOTHING, ARMEIN.

ONLY WHAT, YOUR MAJESTY?

LOOKING IN THE:

MIRROR, JUST THEN.

A COLDNESS:

CAME OVER US.

AS THOUGH SOMEONE....

HAD WALKED UPON OUR GRAVE.

GOD HELP ME.

DEAR GOD HELP ME.

NIGHTMARES......NIGHTMARES.

GOD!

BRING ME SOME:

SWEET DREAMS.

SWEET DREAMS.

SWEET DREAMS.

SWEET DREAMS.

SWEET...

BRING ME SOME:

SWEET DREAMS.

LOUISE.

I SHALL DREAM LOUISE.

I SHALL DREAM LOUISE.

LOUISE.

LOUISE....

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

TAKE CARE, MONSIEUR,

LEST THE KING:

OBSERVE YOUR ADVANCES.

[GENERAL LAUGHTER]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

AND, UH.....

THUS, YOU KEEP

US BOTH AT BAY.

WHAT A CUNNING VIXEN

YOU HAVE BECOME, FOR ONE

SO INNOCENT.

NECESSITY IS MY TUTOR,

TO MY SHAME.

COME, LISTEN TO THE FOX,

BY NOT YIELDING:

TO MY ARDORS,

YOU SAW YOUR FATHER

THROWN INTO PRISON AND RUINED.

BY REJECTING THE KING'S,

YOU RISK A FATE FAR WORSE.

A WORD TO THE WISE,

MY PET,

THE NEXT TIME...

THE KING OFFERS YOU HIS FAVORS....

[WHISPERING]

D'ARTAGNAN HAS BEEN

TO THE BASTILLE FOR PHILIPPE.

D'ARTAGNAN?

THEN HE MUST KNOW THA HIS PIGEON HAS FLOWN THE COOP.

A PITY HE DOESN' KNOW WHERE.

HE RIDES AT THIS MOMEN FOR THE COAST.

PHILIPPE MUST NO BE ALLOWED TO REACH PARIS.

OH! OH!

GENTLE, GENTLE.

I KNOW NOT WHO YOU ARE,

OR WHY YOU HAVE COME TO HELP ME.

THAT. THAT CAN WAIT, I THINK.

ARE YOU STRONG:

ENOUGH TO RIDE?

HUH. I...JUST A LITTLE

LIGHT HEADED.

GET HIM READY.

THERE'S NO TIME TO WASTE.

I WANT TO TALK TO YOU.

FORGIVE ME, MONSIEUR.

NEVER HAVE I BEEN FORCED

TO DO SO CRUEL A DEED.

THEY GAVE YOU NO CHOICE.

TAKE THIS, MONSIEUR,

SO THAT YOU MAY NEVER FORGE

WHAT THEY DID TO YOU.

GOD BE WITH YOU.

THIS MAN GOES FREE AS WELL.

BUT, MS. FOUQUET...

DO YOU QUESTION:

MY AUTHORITY?

WELL, NO, CAPTAIN.

WELL THEN, COME

THE BOAT IS WAITING.

FOUQUET.

FAST.

CAN YOU GET ME IN THIS,

WITHOUT LOCKING IT?

YES, SIR.

GOOD.

GIVE ME YOUR CLOAK.

MY CLOAK, WHY?

AND YOU GET IN MINE.

NOW, I SHALL PLAY

THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK,

AND FOUQUET, THE FOOL.

TO THE HORSES.

TO THE HORSES.

WILL YOU BE ALL RIGH ON FOOT.

AYE, MONSIEUR. I HAVE A

WIFE AND FAMILY WAITING.

MY FEET WILL FLY ME HOME.

GODSPEED.

GODSPEED TO YOU.

[GUNSHOT]

[HORSE WHINNIES]

MY LORD, COME.

GO!

YOU THREE, RIDE WITH HIM.

THE REST FOLLOW ME.

AFTER THEM.

I'LL DEAL WITH THIS.

OH!

ARE YOU HURT, SIR?

[GUNSHOT]

RIDE ON, SIR.

WE'LL HOLD THEM HERE.

[HORSE WHINNIES]

[GUNSHOT]

[GUNSHOT]

[HORSE WHINNIES]

OH!

YOUR SWORD.

GIVE ME YOUR SWORD.

NOW, GO.

UGH!

[HORSE WHINNIES]

[PHILIPPE ESCAPING]

THE KING COMMANDED THA HIS LIFE SHOULD BE SPARED.

WHO IS TO TELL THE KING?

D'ARTAGNAN?

AND LOSE HIS NECK?

YOU AND I....

ARE THE ONLY TWO WITNESSES.

THERE IS STILL COLBERT.

COLBERT.

CAPTAIN D'ARTAGNAN.

CAPTAIN!

THANK GOD.

YOU'RE ALIVE.

BACK THERE YOU....

YOU CALLED ME, MY LORD.

AND YOU RISKED...

RISKED YOUR OWN LIFE

TO SAVE MINE.

I MUST UNDERSTAND.

WHAT IS IT...

YOU WANT OF ME?

WH...

WHO AM I?

YOU, MY PRINCE....

ARE THE TRUE KING OF FRANCE.

[BELLS TOLLING]

IS THE RESEMBLANCE

REALLY SO STRIKING?

YOU COULD BE HIS TWIN.

DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE.

I'VE HEAD THE TALE

OF THIS TWIN,

BUT THEY SAY THE

CHILD DIED AT BIRTH.

STILL SUCH MYTHS

ARE ENOUGH,

TO MAKE YOU A THREAT,

ESPECIALLY TO AMBITIOUS

MEN LIKE FOUQUET.

A THREAT, OR AN ASSET.

D'ARTAGNAN,

IS MY CHANCE RESEMBLANCE

TO THE KING:

ALL THAT LIES BEHIND

THESE STRANGE EVENTS?

A SIMPLE YES FROM YOU

IS ALL THE ASSURANCE I NEED.

TRUST ME.

PLEASE.

WHAT WE DO HERE IS NO FOR PERSONAL GAIN,

BUT FOR FRANCE.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

OH, THANK YOU, ANDRE.

COME NOW.

IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO DRESS.

THERE'S MUCH

FOR YOU TO LEARN.

AT LAST.

I'M TIRED OF BEING THE INVALID.

GOOD.

FOR NOW I SHALL:

TEACH YOU TO PLAY THE KING.

AGAIN, AND SLOWLY

WHEN YOU PRACTICE SLOWLY,

YOU LEARN FAST.

AND RHYTHMICALLY, STACCATO.

UGH!. UGH!. UGH!

COME.

YES!

AGAIN.

[FLUTE PLAYING DANCE TUNE]

AND LOUIS FRANCES THE FIRST.

LEFT SIDE.

YES.

HENRY THE THIRD.

HENRY III WAS MY

GRANDFATHER.

WRONG.

OH, I'M SORRY.

YOUR GREAT GRANDFATHER.

YES, MY GREAT GRANDFATHER.

HENRY THE FOURTH?

MY GRANDFATHER.

EXACTLY.

WHAT IS YOU MOTHER'S NAME?

ANNE OF AUSTRIA.

GRANDMOTHER?

MARIE DE MEDICI.

MATERNAL GRANDFATHER?

PHILIPPE THE THIRD,

OF SPAIN.

GOOD.

UGH.

UGH!

PATERNAL GRANDFATHER?

HENRY THE FOURTH

OF FRANCE.

GOOD.

COME.

ARIAGE.

AND LUNGE.

GO.

AH.

OH, OH.

OH...........!

[SPLASH]

IT'S COMING VERY NICELY.

- VERY NICELY!

- [LAUGHING]

ONE.

TWO.

CHIN UP.

CHIN UP.

LOUIS XIII IS MY FATHER.

ONE.

TWO.

THREE.

FOUR.

AND ONE...

WHAT IS YOUR:

DATE OF BIRTH?

SEPT. 5, 1638.

GOOD.

TWO.

THREE.

FOUR.

VERY LONG.

VERY GOOD.

VERY GOOD,

AND WE DO I ALL OVER AGAIN, NOW.

PLEASE, CHARQUES.

FAVORITE PASTIME?

DANCING AND GAMBLING.

TO WHOM DO YOU:

LIKEN YOURSELF?

THE YOUNG ADOMALLUS.

AH!

WHICH NAME:

FLATTERS YOU MOST?

THE SUN KING.

UH!

GET! GET! GET!

GOOD.

GOOD.

AGAIN. AGAIN.

GOOD, GOOD, GOOD, GOOD.

HUT!

WHO WAS CARDINAL MAZARIN?

MY FATHER'S FIRST MINISTER.

MY MOTHER'S FIRST LOVER.

MONSIEUR COLBERT?

MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR,

FRIEND AND ALLY.

NICHOLAS FOUQUET?

MINISTER OF FINANCE,

MARK!

MAD!

JACQUES, BRING ME THAT.

IF YOU ARE TO RULE

THIS GREAT NATION,

YOU MUST LEARN:

THIS THING,

[SPLASH]

KEEP COOL,

IN BATTLE OR IN SPORTS.

BE ANGRY,

BUT IN COLD BLOOD.

UH, WAIT HERE, MY DEAR.

I PROMISE I SHALL BE BRIEF.

MONSIEUR FOUQUET,

WHAT AN UNEXPECTED SURPRISE.

PLEASE FORGIVE THE

INTERRUPTION, BU

THE KING DID REQUES THAT I CHECK HIS ESCORT,

FOR THE JOURNEY:

TO MY CHATEAU.

BUT PLEASE, DON' LET ME INTERRUPT YOUR....

IT'S A WELCOME INTRUSION

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