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What do you say? Grace personnified!
My newest discovery!
A little girl from Picardy.
l found her at Viscount ...
He kept her hidden at his home!
ln the right moment, l slyly kidnapped her.
She is now in my ballet school.
Oh, a real talent!
l predict a great future for her
in close proximity
to the king.
Tomorrow she will dance
at the Prince of Conti's
in the ''Salon des Quatre Glaces''.
Look! Such physical control!
And her youth!
A dream!
How can l thank you
for coming?
You speak my verse gorgeously!
l have decided never to excite your admiration again.
Keep your compliments to yourself.
Will there now always be hostile silence between us?
A fruitful dialogue is unlikely to arise again.
All the more likely that one
will arise between you and the Count.
A miracle bird, a philosopher.
He masks his youth.
l have always mistrusted masked men.
The magic of your being
will entrap him, too.
lf you are so good
at reading the future,
you must also know
that between us there is only a past.
A very beautiful past.
That ended in a big fight.
The curtain has fallen!
l don't think
you will play a big role
in her memoirs.