The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella Page #2

I say, have I dropped the

tiniest of social brickettes?

I mean, I was being

quite sincere.

Well, you know, as

sincere as I ever am.

Oh, no!

Who is it? Has there been

an uprising?

No, your majesty. It's

just the Duke of montague.

Is he still alive?

I thought we buried him.

Father, ever since

I entered this room,

I've been trying

to tell you that

what you expected of me

did not take place.

My throw, I think.

No, it's not.

You're cheating again.

Kings never cheat. They

adapt to circumstances,

but they never cheat.

If I may, sir,

by roux leave,

this thing

is choking me.

You see how

I'm placed?

Accused in front of the

court by my own wife.

Father,

this is serious.

Of course,

it' s serious.

I shall probably

concede the game.

It's a royal prerogative

to be unsporting.

Never concede.

I throw.

Black 5 !

The match, father, was of

your making not of mine.

Even so,

as a dutiful son,

I journeyed far

beyond our borders

to pay my respects

to the lady and...

See for myself.

And she was fair,

was she not?

Indeed, sir. Perhaps

pale rather than fair.

A sickly lady, sir,

given to much swooning

and... and vapors.

All ladies swoon. They know

it's expected of them.

Some swoon

more than others, sir,

and swooning to excess is not

a quality I greatly admire.

She refused you? Is that

what you're saying?

No, father,

she could not refuse me

because I did not offer.

You perhaps placed

too much trust

in the portrait painters

of carolsfeld.

The likeness

was no likeness.

Indeed, since you force me

to the discourtesy,

the lady was bald, sir.

Her golden tresses false!

Her mouth crabbed with age, sir,

and devoid of teeth!

In short, sir, she left

much to be desired.

Extraordinary '.

Father,

it's a small thing

and doubtless

very irritating to you

but when I marry,

as needs I must one day,

it will be for the

convenience of love,

rather than the convenience

of... convenience.

Love?

Did he say love?

Ha ha!

How absurd.

What has love got to do

with getting married?

Why should love enter

into it at all?

Love can make you quite emotionally

harried when you're married

it's pedantic

and romantic folderol

find a mate, dear boy,

find a mate

princess Susan

princess Karen

princess Kate

find a mate, dear boy,

find a mate

love will have to wait

I disagree.

You disagree?

How can you

disagree, dear?

Look at me.

Look at us.

Us, ha ha!

Look at us.

What has love got to

do with being married?

Being married is

a problem all its own

love is highly overrated and

makes marriage complicated

when the bed is

elevated to the throne

find a mate, dear boy,

find a mate

pick the proper princess

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