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Question 1

(Arabella) Good day, Your Highness.

Answer 1

Good day, fair maiden.

Question 2

(Malevario) Good day, fair maiden.

Answer 2

And what brings you to the palace gardens?

Question 3

(Arabella) But I might have angered Princess Desiree in the process.

Answer 3

Is that so?

Question 4

(Malevario) Is that so? (1)

Answer 4

And why would a simple conversation between two old friends anger the Princess?

Question 5

(Arabella) My only interest in Lucas is friendship, but I think the Princess may think otherwise.

Answer 5

Is Lucas of royal blood, then?

Question 6

(Arabella) Our fathers are farmers by trade.

Answer 6

Is that so?

Question 7

(Malevario) Is that so? (2)

Answer 7

Well, thank you for your time.

Question 8

(Malevario) Well, thank you for your time.

Answer 8

I won’t keep you further.

Question 9

(Arabella) Good day.

Answer 9

So, the Princess is cavorting with a commoner behind the King’s back.

Question 10

(Malevario) So the Princess is cavorting with a commoner behind the King’s back.

Answer 10

I must inform him right away!

Question 11

(Desiree) I can explain.

Answer 11

There’s no need.

Question 12

(Malevario) There’s no need.

Answer 12

This young man’s friend, Arabella, already told us about your secret relationship.

Question 13

(Desiree) Oh, what am I going to do?

Answer 13

There, there, Your Highness, everything will be all right.

Question 14

(Desiree) Lucas is being sent to the dungeon.

Answer 14

Maybe that’s not such a bad thing, Your Highness.

Question 15

(Malevario) Maybe that’s not such a bad thing, Your Highness.

Answer 15

Did you ever stop to think just how Arabella knew about your relationship?

Question 16

(Desiree) What do you mean?

Answer 16

I mean, maybe there is more going on between Lucas and Arabella than you know.

Question 17

(Malevario) I mean, maybe there is more going on between Lucas and Arabella than you know.

Answer 17

I should think that a man would only share his most guarded secrets with someone he cared about deeply.

Question 18

(Malevario) I should think that a man would only share his most guarded secrets with someone he cared about deeply.

Answer 18

And if Arabella knows Lucas’s secrets, then perhaps…

Question 19

(Desiree) You don’t think⎯

Answer 19

I’m not saying anything for sure.

Question 20

(Malevario) I’m not saying anything for sure.

Answer 20

But I do know this⎯if a man were unfaithful to his true love, and that true love was a princess,

Question 21

(Malevario) But I do know this⎯if a man were unfaithful to his true love, and that true love was a princess,

Answer 21

then perhaps he deserves to be locked in the dungeon…or worse.

Question 22

(Desiree) Thank you, Malevario, for your guidance.

Answer 22

And I must counsel the King at once.

Question 23

(Malevario) And I must counsel the King at once.

Answer 23

It appears that we may have a very interesting judgement day in the very near future!