The Affair of the Necklace Page #5

Count Cagliostro...

...we are honored.

I sense many of you

have questions for me...

...that concern love, fate,

even betrayal.

But these answers will have to wait.

I'm drawn to a face that's new.

You seek an alliance with the cardinal, yes?

I'm certain many people bring

favorable offers before His Eminence.

But your alliance

is what concerns us tonight.

Comtesse de la Motte.

I haven't spoken a word about you

to this man. He truly is a marvel.

Or particularly well-informed.

You doubt my abilities?

I sense such turmoil within you.

I sense fear as well.

I am not afraid.

This is one of the more delightful

evenings I've spent in a catacomb.

Early on...

...you learned to hide what you feel.

You've had great losses in your life.

Shall I go deeper?

There is no one here who hasn't lost

something which can't be replaced.

You were taken in by strangers,

then cast aside.

Always, you were on the outside

looking in...

...longing for that

which was taken from you.

Still...

...that's not what hurt most.

I see you...

...hovering over a cold grave...

...wishing it were your own...

...but it was not.

Was it?

Comtesse?

A grave...

...dug for your mother's coffin.

Have I gone far enough?

Well, then, who's next?

Oh, that's working splendidly.

Smooth and even, monsieur.

A job done with conscientiousness

is a job that endures.

Yes, Majesty.

If he directed government like that,

France would rule the world.

Maman, watch me, watch me.

They are such a comfort to me.

A wonderful distraction.

I heard there were more disturbances.

- A small gathering of malcontents.

How small a gathering?

- Nearly 200.

No doubt my name was used in vain.

- Arrests were made, naturally.

Why do the people hate me?

It wasn't always so.

Your Majesty is not the source

of the animosity.

You're merely a symbol to aim it at.

You show fantastic audacity

in seeking me out.

Though I knew you would.

Did you denounce me to the cardinal?

I told him that despite your troubled past...

...I did sense an opportunity.

If you'd like my visions of you

to remain positive, share...

...in what you gain from the cardinal.

I was caught off guard by the intimate

details you knew about my life.

And then I realized

the Marquise Boulainvilliers...

...a charitable woman who took me

in as a child, she was superstitious.

Magicians and mesmerists often

entertained in her parlor.

What is that to me?

A person of your colorful nature may

have found their way into her home.

In the course of your prognostications...

...you may have asked her a few questions.

If you'd like to trade secrets

in front of the cardinal...

...keep in mind I have his confidence.

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