A Little Chaos Page #2

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you attended the interview.

You moved one of my pots.

I did.

I was curious.

I will not take up

too much of your time.

I have been looking

again at your plans.

You did not care for them.

I am none the less for it.

In plain truth, I am used to it.

I did not say I did not

care for your plans.

I said I could find

no order in them.

This abundance of chaos,

this is your Eden?

My search for it.

I spoke today of the pressure

of being in the public eye.

I will spare you any repetition,

but, madame, in my world,

even anarchy is

by royal command,

and chaos must adhere to budget.

Good evening.

Later, messieurs.

Gentlemen.

Welcome to Versailles.

You found your way here without

too much effort, I hope.

The map you sent

was wonderfully accurate.

I shall need it to

get back out again.

We shall be

traveling about a bit.

Madame de Barra, Monsieur

Sualem and De Ville.

They are building

the Marly waterworks

and an aqueduct from

there to Versailles,

which we hope will alleviate the

severe water shortage here.

Madame. Gentlemen.

Madame de Barra

will be constructing

the Rockwork Grove

here at Versailles.

Water, or rather the lack of it,

will be a pressing concern.

Master, the king's

ambitions are already...

Are vast and ever changing,

and our task is to meet them.

With respect, no man can

meet infinite demand.

The king's commands

are not infinite, De Ville.

They are the king's commands.

Well, quite so, but the

aqueduct can only do so much.

When we began construction,

I was under

the impression that...

The past is history.

Our task is to suppress

nature to our will,

according to the present plans.

But, monsieur,

the money being spent.

The aqueduct will

carry sufficient water

to the gardens of

Versailles because it must.

That is your brief.

Madame?

It is essentially your plan,

number six in your

submission, I believe.

This part is entirely

original to myself.

You see?

It fits onto this

end of your plan.

Now you can see the

extent of the enterprise.

Yes.

It's a large, flat area.

An arena with tiered sides.

Indeed.

The orchestra

will be up here.

Orchestra?

A ballroom.

It's an outdoor ballroom.

There is a pool of builders.

Select whatever

supplies you care to.

Commission whatever embellishments

you think appropriate.

Time is not unlimited.

Here's the budget.

Try not to exceed it.

Master?

Why me?

These gardens

should be large enough

to embrace voices

other than my own.

Mama!

I'm coming.

Madame de Barra.

Monsieur, forgive me

for disturbing you at home,

but I've been

reworking the plans.

If... If we fill

a reservoir

at the top of the hill,

we would have enough water

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