Drew Barrymore: Danielle
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Danielle : [indicating Maurice] I wish to address the issue of this gentleman. He is my servant, and I am here to pay the debt against him.
Cargomaster : You're too late, he's bought and paid for.
Danielle : [pulls out the pouch] I can pay you twenty gold francs.
Cargomaster : Madame, you can have me for twenty gold francs. Now drive on!
Danielle : I demand you release him at once, or I shall take this matter to the King!
Cargomaster : The King's the one who sold him. He's now the property of Cartier.
[Henry and Laurent arrive.]
Danielle : He is not property at *all*, you ill-mannered tub of guts! Do you honestly think it right to chain people like chattel? I demand you release him at once!
Cargomaster : [shouts] Get outta my way!
Henry : You dare raise your voice to a lady, sir?
Cargomaster : [flustered] Your Highness! F-forgive me, sire. I meant no disrespect. It's just, uh... I'm following orders here. It's my job to take these criminals and thieves to the coast.
Danielle : A servant is not a thief, your Highness, and those who are cannot help themselves.
Henry : Really! Well then by all means, enlighten us.
Danielle : If you suffer your people to be ill-educated, and their manners corrupted from infancy, and then punish them for those crimes to which their first education disposed them, what else is to be concluded, sire, but that you first make thieves and then punish them?
[Danielle pauses as the other courtiers look on approvingly.]
Henry : Well, there you have it. Release him.
Cargomaster : But, sire.
Henry : I said release him.
Cargomaster : Yes, sire.
[Maurice is released.]
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Henry : [about Danielle's portrait painting] I must say, Leonardo, for a man of your talents it um, doesn't look anything like her.
[Leonardo chuckles.]
Henry : You, sir, are supposed to be charming.
Danielle : And we, princess, are supposed to live happily ever after.
Danielle : Says who?
Henry : You know, I don't know.
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Danielle : A bird may love a fish, signore, but where will they live?
Leonardo da Vinci : Then I shall have to make you wings.
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Danielle : [bows after mistaking Henry for a thief] Forgive me, Your Highness, I did not see you.
Henry : Your aim would suggest otherwise.
Danielle : And for that I know I must die.
Henry : And then uh speak of this to no one and uh I shall be lenient.
[Henry gets on Auguste's horse.]
Danielle : We have other horses, Highness. Younger that is your wish.
Henry : I wish for nothing more than to be free of my gilded cage.
[Henry dumps coins to Danielle before leaving]
Henry : For your silence.
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Danielle : Your Highness. What an unexpected surprise.
Henry : Why, Comtesse. Do you not attend church?
Danielle : My faith is better served away from the rabid crowd.
[Paulette and Louise are shown exhausted from Danielle's quick change.]
Henry : Yes, I'm an afraid my father's edict has created quite a uh, a phenomenon. Which is why I am bound for the monastery. The..
[Danielle and Henry notice Laurent and the carriage arriving.]
Henry : The Franciscans have an astonishing library. Since you are so fond of reading, I thought perhaps you might join me?
Danielle : It is not fair, sire. You have found my weakness, but I have yet to learn yours.
Henry : But I should think it was quite obvious. Captain Laurent, I shall not need my horse or your services.
[Laurent nods.]
Henry : Today, I am simply... Henry.
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Danielle : I want you to know that I will forget you after this moment, and never think of you again. But you, I am quite certain, will think about me every single day for the rest of your life.
Rodmilla : And how long might that be?
Danielle : All I ask, Your Majesties... is that you show her the same courtesy that she has bestowed upon me.
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Rodmilla : I have it on good authority that before your rather embarrassing debut, the prince was about to choose Marguerite to be his bride. Men are so fickle aren't they? One minute, they're sprouting sonnet and the next you're back to being the hired help.
[Danielle finishes garden work.]
Rodmilla : I must say, I've never seen you quite this dedicated in your chores.
Danielle : What makes you think I do any of this for you?
Rodmilla : Well, my, my, my. Aren't we feisty this morning?
Danielle : Let me pass.
Rodmilla : You've brought this on yourself you know.
Danielle : I have work to do.
Rodmilla : Let the others handle it.
Danielle : Don't you understand? You've won. Go. Move into your palace and leave us be.
Rodmilla : You are not my problem anymore.
Danielle : Is that what I am, your problem? I have done everything you've asked me to do and still you deny me the only thing I ever wanted!
Rodmilla : And what was that?
Danielle : What do you think? You are the only mother I have ever known. Was there ever a time, even in its smallest measurement, that you loved me at all?
Rodmilla : How can anyone love a pebble in their shoe?
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Henry : Hello.
Danielle : Hello. What are you doing here?
Henry : [sheepishly] I uh... I came to rescue you.
Danielle : Rescue me? A commoner?
[Danielle starts to walk away.]
Henry : Actually, I came to beg your forgiveness. I offered you the world and at the first test of honor, I betrayed your trust. Please, Danielle.
Danielle : [stops, turns around] Say it again.
Henry : I'm sorry.
Danielle : No. The part where you said my name.
Henry : Danielle.
[Henry pulls out the missing slipper.]
Henry : Perhaps you would be so kind as to help me find the owner of this rather remarkable shoe?
Danielle : Where did you find that?
Henry : She is my match in every way. Please tell me I haven't lost her.
Danielle : [sits down] It belongs to a peasant, Your Highness, who only pretended to be a courtier to save a man's life.
Henry : Yes, I know. And the name is Henry if you don't mind.
[Henry pauses for a bit before getting down on one knee.]
Henry : I kneel before you not as a prince but as a man in love.
[Henry precedes to take off one of Danielle's shoes.]
Henry : But I would feel like a king if you, Danielle de Barbarac, would be my wife.
[Henry places the slipper onto her foot.]
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Gustav : Maurice said the prince was expecting you.
Danielle : He is expecting someone who does not exist. Signore, my name is Danielle de Barbarac, and I am but a servant.
Leonardo da Vinci : Yes, and I'm the bastard son of a peasant. What does that have to do with anything?
Danielle : I have deceived him.
Leonardo da Vinci : The prince will understand.
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Gypsy Leader : M'lady, you may have anything you can carry.
Danielle : [glances at the Prince] May I have your word on that, sir?
Gypsy Leader : [considers for a moment] On my honor as a gypsy, whatever you can carry.
[Danielle lifts the Prince over her shoulders and begins to walk off with him. The gypsies laugh]
Gypsy Leader : [laughing] Wait! Please! Come back! I'll give you a horse!
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Henry : Have we met?
Danielle : I-I do not believe so, Your Highness.
Henry : I could have sworn I knew every courtier in the provience.
Danielle : Well... I am visiting a cousin.
Henry : Who?
Danielle : My cousin.
Henry : Yes, you said that. Which one?
Danielle : Th-the only one I have, sire.
Henry : Are you coy on purpose or do you honestly refuse to tell me your name?
Danielle : [stops quickly] No.
[Danielle quickly heads towards the gate.]
Danielle : And yes.
Henry : Well, then, pray tell me your cousin's name so that I might call upon her to learn who you are. For anyone who can quote Thomas More is well worth the effort.
Danielle : [stops] The prince has read Utopia?
Henry : I found it sentimental and dull. Honestly, the plight of the everyday rustic bores me.
Danielle : I... take it you do not converse with many peasants.
Henry : Ha, certainly not, no. Naturally.
Danielle : [starts walking again] Excuse me, Sire, but there is nothing "natural" about it. A country's character is defined by its "everyday rustics," as you call them. They are the legs you stand on and that position demands *respect,* not...
Henry : Am I to understand that you find me... arrogant?
Danielle : Well, you gave one man back his life, but did you even glance at the others?
Henry : Please, I beg of you, a name. Any name.
Danielle : I... I fear the only name to leave you with... is Comtesse Nicole de Lancret.
Henry : There now. That wasn't so hard.
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Danielle : [looking at the books] It makes me want to cry.
Henry : Pick one.
Danielle : I could no sooner choose a favorite star in the heavens.
Henry : What is it that touches you so?
Danielle : I guess it's because when I was young, my father would stay up late and read to me. He was addicted to the written word and I would fall asleep listening to the sound of his voice.
Henry : What sort of books?
Danielle : [watching the monks] Science, philosophy... I suppose they remind me of him. He died when I was eight. Utopia was the last book he brought home.
Henry : Which explains why you quote it.
Danielle : I would rather hear his voice again than any sound in the world.
[Henry smiles, then the smile fades and he begins walking down the stairs away from Danielle.]
Danielle : Is something wrong?
Danielle : [turns to face her] In all my years of study, not one tutor ever demonstrated the passion you have shown me in the last two days. You have more conviction in one memory than I have in my entire being.
[Henry laughs slightly and walks away.]
Danielle : [follows Henry] Your Highness, if there is anything I have said or done...
Henry : Please... don't. It's not you.
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Henry : Where are your attendants?
Danielle : I... decided to give them the day off.
Henry : [incredulously] A day off? From what, life?
Danielle : Don't you ever tire of having people wait on you all the time?
Henry : Yes, but... they're servants, it's what they do.
Danielle : [coldly] Well I wish I could dismiss mine as easily as you do yours.
[Danielle stands up.]
Danielle : I must be going.
Henry : [following her] You're angry with me!
Danielle : No.
Henry : Admit it!
Danielle : Well yes, if you want to know.
Henry : Why?
Danielle : Because you are trying to bait me with your snobbery.
Henry : I afraid, mademoiselle, that you are a walking contradiction, and I find that rather fascinating.
Danielle : Me?
Henry : Yes, you. You spout the ideals of a Utopian society and yet you live the life of a courtier!
Danielle : And *you* own all the land there is and yet you take no pride in working it! Is that not also a contradiction?
Henry : Hm, first I am arrogant, and now I have no pride; however do I manage that?
Danielle : You have *everything*, and still the world holds no joy; and yet you insist on making fun of those who *would* see it for its possibilities.
Henry : How do you do it?
Danielle : What?
Henry : Live each day with this kind of passion? Don't you find it exhausting?
Danielle : Only when I'm around you. Why do you like to irritate me so?
Henry : Why do you rise to the occasion?
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Jacqueline : [treating Danielle's wounded back] Oh! Now, you really brought this upon yourself, you know. Hmm? First with breakfast, and then that horrid display downstairs.
Danielle : I don't know what's come over me.
Jacqueline : Of course, I shall never forget the way Marguerite's feet went up over her head like that!
[Danielle and Jacqueline giggle.]
Jacqueline : She should not have said that about your mother.
Danielle : Thank you.
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Danielle : [holding a sword and dagger dangerously close to Le Pieu] My father was an excellent swordsman, monsieur. He taught me well. Now hand me that key or I swear on his grave I will slit you from navel to nose.
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[about Danielle, who is hiding behind a haystack]
Henry : You know her! Please, I must find her. Where is she staying?
Gustav : Uh, I believe, your Highness, that she is staying with a cousin. The, uh, Baroness Rodmilla de Ghent.
Henry : Hm. That does present a problem.
Gustav : But, I do know that she is there. Alone. By herself. At this very moment.
Henry : Excellent.
[pause]
Henry : Nice painting.
[Henry rides off]
Danielle : [emerging from hiding] Gustav, you horrible little *snipe*!
Gustav : Did you hear? He likes my work!
Danielle : And he is heading for my house!
Gustav : Then I suggest you run.
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Henry : You would think I would know the way to my own castle.
Danielle : Why is it men never stop for direction? Ah. There it is.
[Henry turns around.]
Danielle : It is back that way.
Henry : [turns around again to find Danielle on top of a cliff] And I still can't believe that I'm down here while you're up there. And in your undergarments, no less.
Danielle : Well, I couldn't very well climb up here in that gown now, could I? And besides, you might break your royal neck and then where would we be?
Henry : You swim alone, climb rocks, rescue servants. Is there anything you don't do?
Danielle : [spreading her arms] Fly. Now turn around so I can climb back down.
[Henry turns around, only to be greeted with a punch to the face by one of the gypsies.]
Henry : [realizing the gypsies found him] Oh, no it's you again. Stay aloft, madame.
[Henry draws his sword and dagger.]
Henry : There are games afloat.
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Rodmilla : Of all the insidious jokes, turning your mother into a Countess. Why it's almost as absurd as a prince who spends his days with a peasant who sleeps with pigs.
Danielle : What bothers you more, stepmother? That I am common, or that I am competition?
Rodmilla : [takes Danielle's courtier dress] Where's the dress, Danielle?
Danielle : I don't know what you're talking about.
Marguerite : The gown, the slippers. They were in my room this morning and now they're gone. You hid them I know it.
Rodmilla : Where did you put the gown, Danielle?
Danielle : Where are the candlesticks and the tapestries and the silver? Perhaps the dress is with them.
Rodmilla : You produce the gown?
Danielle : I would rather die a thousand deaths than to see my mother's dress on that spoiled, selfish cow.
Rodmilla : Well, perhaps we can arrange that.
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Danielle : Breathe, just breathe.
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Danielle : [after her and Henry drew paper] You are reading my thoughts, my lord.
Henry : And they're as fuzzy as my own, Comtesse.
Danielle : Than France concedes?
Henry : Never. My next choice will be paper.
[Danielle outsmarts Henry's draw of scissors when she drew rock.]
Danielle : It is your turn. And it better be good.
Henry : [pauses] I have no desire to be king.
Danielle : But think of all the wonderful things you could do for your country, for the world.
Henry : Yes, but to be so defined by your position. To never be seen as who you are. But what you are. You don't know how insufferable that is.
Danielle : You might be surprised.
Henry : Really?
Danielle : A Gypsy, for example, is rarely painted as anything else. They're defined by their status as you are, yet it is not who they are. You have born to privilege, and with that comes specific obligations.
[Henry smiles and lets out a brief chuckle.]
Danielle : I am sorry. My mouth has run away with me again.
Henry : Oh no, my lady. It is your mouth that has me hypnotized.
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Danielle : A bird may love a fish, Signore, but where would they live?
Leonardo da Vinci : Then I shall just have to build you wings!
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Danielle : [to Henry] Why did you have to be so wonderful?
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Gustav : Have you lost your marbles? Do you know what the punishment is for servants who dress above their station? Five days in the stocks.
Danielle : You'd do the same for me, admit it.
Gustav : Me? Pretend to be a courtier? Prancing round like some nobleman when I've never been to court. And neither have you!
Danielle : Then I won't recongnised. Hand me that gown so I can be on my way.
Gustav : [hands Danielle the gown] They'll never buy it. You are too sweet.
Danielle : And they'll never buy a servant with twenty gold francs either. I am Maurice's only hope.
Gustav : And the Baroness, what did you tell her?
Danielle : I am picking wildflowers. Gustav, can you still see her?
Gustav : They're buying a brooch.
Danielle : [putting on the gown] Unbelievable. She ignores the manor, blames us for her debt... and still pretends to have money to burn. Don't you dare laugh. I'm coming out.
[Danielle steps out as Gustav is amazed.]
Danielle : The shoes are too big.
Gustav : Nobody will be looking at your feet.
Danielle : Yards of fabric and I still feel naked.
Gustav : If you're going to be a noblewoman... you must play the part.
[he raises Danielle's chin]
Gustav : You look down to no-one.
Danielle : I am just a servant in a nice dress.
Gustav : [takes Danielle's hand] Come. We have to do something with that hair.
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Danielle : [after Danielle sees Rodmilla, Marguerite and Jacqueline examining Nicole's wedding dress and shoes] Oh, look who finally decided to grace us with her presence.
Danielle : What do you think you're doing?
Marguerite : Trying on my dress.
Rodmilla : Do you honestly think that after that performance this morning I'd let you go anywhere?
Danielle : [appalled] Do you honestly think these games, these intrigues are going to win you a crown?
[Jacqueline puts the slippers down.]
Danielle : To hunt royalty like some sport, it's disgusting!
Marguerite : You're just jealous.
Danielle : [takes the slippers] These are my mother's.
Marguerite : Yes, and she's dead.
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Gustav : [about Henry] You like him. Admit it.
Danielle : Nope.
Gustav : [sees Henry and Laurent arriving] And I.. I suppose if you saw him again, you'd simply...
Danielle : I would walk right up to him and say, "Your Highness, my family is your family. Please take them away!"
Gustav : Good! Because here's your big chance, he's headed this way.
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Pierre Le Pieu : I may be twice your age, child, but I'm well endowed.
[Danielle turns away to another basket]
Pierre Le Pieu : As evidenced by my estate, I've always had a soft spot for the less fortunate. You need a wealthy benefactor - and I need a young lady with spirit.
Danielle : [looks up and smiles] Prunes?
