The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella Page #8

position and

positioning

are socially

conditioning

people high,

people low

keep the state

of status quo

which means there's

nothing changeable

nothing's rearrangeable

position

and positioning

are everything

in life

when a lad first

joins the army

this is what he

learns for starters

never court your

colonel's daughter

or he'll have your guts

for garters

that's how it is

and how it was

and how it always

shall be

For position

and positioning

are socially

conditioning

how you dress

and hold your head

predetermine

who you wed

which means there's

nothing changeable

nothing's

rearrangeable

position and

positioning

are everything

in life

all the servants

in a castle

they reflect

the world outside

they have rank

and they have station

and adhere to them

with pride

oh, the staff that work

below stairs

they have dreams

to work above

and they're locked

in their positions

by tradition's

iron glove

that's how it is?

And how it was

and how it always

shall be

we know our place,

and happily

we bow and scrape

and bend our knee

but woe betide

the woe begone

who try to join

our Echelon

for privilege

is not, you see

confined to just

the royalty

behind these doors,

I might suggest

I'm similarly blessed

Yes, position

and positioning

are socially

conditioning

though you work

your life away

where you start

is where you stay

which means there's

nothing changeable

nothing' s

rearrangeable

position and

positioning

are stuck with you

for life

position and

positioning

are socially

conditioning

though you work

your life away

where you start

is where you stay

which means there's

nothing changeable

nothing' s

rearrangeable

position and

positioning

are everything

in life

everything in life

everything

in life

I life, life, life,

life, life, life I

that's how it is?

And how it was.

And how it

always shall be

All right,

you've convinced me,

but I shall

prove you wrong,

for princes,

when convinced,

take advantage

of their position.

I can't think why I didn't do

something about it before.

John I about what?

Wait, and all

will be revealed.

Kneel.

What? Me?

I command it.

I dub thee, as is my

privilege so to do,

a knight of the order

of Saint David.

Arise, sir John.

As a knight

of the realm,

you can now claim the hand

of the fair lady Caroline--

which is fortunate

for you but which, alas,

leaves me without

a companion-at-arms.

What's your name?

Uh, willoughby,

your royal highness.

Can he not answer

for himself?

It's not his

positioh, you see.

Ah, true.

But it will be.

I shall elevate you, too,

willoughby.

From henceforth, you are my

personal companion-at-arms,

with all the privileges

such office bestows.

You will need

a sword.

Here.

Take mine.

It goes the other

way around.

Help him, will you?

Well, that's a good

morning's work.

Congratulations,

willoughby.

And congratulations

to you, too, sir John.

What can I say?

Nothing.

Go and find her.

Be happy.

happy enough

for both of us.

I must fetch the prince.

This is an outrage!

Where have you been,

you wretched girl? You...

Your royal highness.

Oh!

Oh!

I little knew, madam, that I would

have the pleasure of meeting

you and your delightful daughters

again in such happy circumstances.

What circumstances,

your royal highness?

You are the legal guardian, I

believe, of my wife to be.

Your wife to be?

Why, yes. I am more

than her legal guardian.

I have been a mother to her.

Then I do right by formally

asking your permission

to take cinderella's

hand in marriage.

Oh!

Oh!

Control yourselves !

Permission? Why, of course!

Gladly! Naturally.

I don't understand. Do I--

will you be quiet?

Your royal highness,

please allow me the honor of

inviting you into

our happy home.

Come, cinderella, dear.

We were so worried about you.

Thank you, but no, I have other

urgent business to attend to.

In my happiness,

I forgive you all.

Forgive me?

How dare she forgive me?

And what do they call you?

Cinderella,

your majesty.

A most unusual name.

The name, mother,

is surely of no importance.

All that matters is that I've made my

choice and wait for your blessings.

You gave us a lot of trouble,

you know, after the ball.

People looking for you

everywhere. Vanished, you see.

Did you go back

to your own kingdom?

No, your majesty. I went

back to where I live.

And where is that, child?

Why, here,

your majesty.

Here? In the castle?

No, father. As you've often

remarked, love is blind.

And we sometimes don't look

under our noses.

Cinderella lives in our own

euphrania, not 20 Miles from here.

Who is this girl?

Why doesn't somebody tell

me what is going on?

This is the girl that

Edward wants to marry.

Is going to

marry, father.

I don't wish to

seem offensive,

but it does seem to me

that she's most unsuitably

dressed for such a

solemn occasion.

You're quite right, grandmama. It's

something I shall correct immediately.

Father, by your leave.

Questions

of precedent.

Unprecedented

questions of precedent.

My own thought,

sire.

A meeting, I think.

The staff council.

It has already been

convened, your majesty.

Pity. Charming

little thing.

In other circumstances...

Most appealing.

Who is it?

Milady, I'm commanded

by his majesty the king

to request an audience.

Oh.

One moment, please.

Please enter.

Mi lord Chamberlain.

Milady.

Forgive me for

disturbing your rest...

But, alas, there are

some matters of state

that cannot be delayed.

His majesty has requested me,

as his principal minister...

To broach...

A question of

some delicacy.

I...

You love the prince Edward,

do you not?

Why, of course.

Who wouldn't?

Oh, quite so.

Uh, please. Please.

And he has expressed

his love for you

before the whole court.

Yes.

Yes, he has.

Very commendably.

Bis makes...

Oh, dear.

Oh, dear. Oh, dear.

Oh, dear.

I'm really too old

for this sort of thing.

Forgive me,

my dear child, but...

Despite my appearance

and the pomp and circumstance

of my high office...

I am not without understanding

of your plight.

For plight it is.

To be blunt,

because the hour is late.

It is not possible for his

majesty to give consent

to such a marriage.

Not possible?

What does that mean?

What are you saying?

Hmm. Well...

Your love

for the prince

and his love for you,

well, that is a fine

and private thing.

Would that it could

remain so,

but the times demand

something different.

The prince must make

a marriage of alliance

with a princess

of the blood royal.

And that is why

I am here,

burdened with

this unhappy task.

You see,

my dear child,

in life, love cannot

always find a way.

You were born here,

so you know that

our little kingdom,

whilst far from perfect,

has yet enjoyed countless

centuries of peace.

Now that peace is

threatened from without.

There are some who look

towards our frontiers

with greedy eyes.

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