The Face of Alexandre Dumas: The Man in the Iron Mask Page #2

Synopsis: A lad jousting with his tutor is kidnaped and carried to the Bastille where his head is locked in an iron mask. Jump ten years: Musketeers return from war in Morocco to find Paris starving while Louis XIV and his retinue idle at Duke Fouquet's estate. Louis is enamored with his host's virginal daughter, Valliere, herself in love with Athos. The queen mother calls the Jesuit Aramis to her deathbed to confess that Louis has a twin, "a second born, he was first conceived, the oldest and true heir," the man in the iron mask. Aramis secures his release and hides him while Porthos and Athos school him for his destiny. D'Artagnan remains loyal to Louis: love, schemes and politics entwine.
 
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1998
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- I mean, you are...

- It's all right.

You're not used

to these surroundings.

That is a condition

we can happily remedy.

You would fit nicely

as a lady-in-waiting.

His Majesty is...

very...very kind.

But I am engaged to Raoul -

or will be when he asks me.

You would choose a soldier

who has not yet proposed

above a king?

I can only be faithful

to my heart.

But how faithful

is that heart to you?

[Pig grunts]

Wait, Christine!

- Christine!

- Raoul!

Feed your people!

Jesuits!

Get me a general!

[Metal clanging on metal]

Her Majesty

wishes a word with you.

Your Majesty?

I understand you saved

my son's life today.

God smiled upon us,

Your Majesty.

And you are not hurt?

- No, my lady.

- That is good.

Captain?

Raoul, son of Athos,

has withdrawn his request

to join the Musketeers.

[Plays a plaintive melody]

[Plays a plaintive melody]

D'Artagnan!

You have improved.

It's been so long!

So it has, my friend.

What's the occasion?

As you say, it's been too long.

The great d'Artagnan

must have the best wine.

If the great Athos offers,

then the great d'Artagnan

must drink.

I'm sorry I haven't been

to see you lately, my friend.

Head of the King's bodyguards?

Must keep you busy.

Especially with this king.

Still, I should

have come more often.

Oh, I belong to the past,

when grown men wore the uniform.

At least it gives you time

- to practise your violin.

- And feel sorry for myself.

My son is grown.

He proposed to a wonderful girl.

The errors of my life

are made right in him.

Now, for the life

I've always wished him,

- he's leaving home.

- Athos, I...

Ah!

Out celebrating all night!

Raoul, look who's come to visit.

What's wrong?

I cannot make her a widow,

just as I've made her a wife.

I've been recalled

to my regiment.

But that makes no sense!

You've already served

at the front.

Has there been some disaster?

Has everyone else

been recalled?

I believe the King's eye

has fallen on Christine.

True, he noticed her,

but it has nothing to do...

The King is a dog!

- Athos!

- And a coward!

But I am neither. And so I go.

Raoul!

D'Artagnan!

Does the King have trouble

finding women?

I served his father.

Until I retired, I served him.

And now, to seduce a woman

who'll mean nothing to him

once he's had her,

he would put

my son's life in danger?

You knew this was happening!

That's why you came!

- I knew your temper...

- You came to restrain me?

I came to bring you hope!

I will speak

to the King personally.

I still have faith

he may become the king

we wish him to be.

You don't know what

it's like to have a son.

To have kissed his hair,

watched him grow.

Yes, fatherhood is a blessing

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