The morning of July 12th, 1789:
The finance minister, Mr. Jacques Necker was dismissed yesterday.
A false rumor of a massacre of patriots spread
and people began to arm themselves.
There's no distinction between day and night in Paris.
People carry sticks, swing knives,
and run around the back alleys.
100,000 soldiers gathered in Paris build bonfires and yell at the citizens.
Such restraint...
is this the sign of the new age?
Something for the bright tomorrow?
I don't know.
I'm lost.
I'll see the final phase of an era with my eye.
With my right eye, which has become almost blind...
The Rose of Versailles
Kusamurani namo shirezu
The flowers blooming in the wilderness
Saiteiru hana naraba
they are without names
Tada kaze wo ukenagara
A gentle breeze
Soyoide ireba iikeredo
makes them sway
Watashi wa bara no sadame ni umareta
My destiny is of a rose
Hanayakani hageshiku ikiro to umareta
Born to live in glory and passion
Bara wa bara wa, Kedakaku saite
Roses, oh roses, blooming with dignity
Bara wa bara wa, Utsukushiku chiru
Roses, oh roses, withering with regret
Bara wa bara wa, Kedakaku saite
Roses, oh roses, blooming with dignity
Bara wa bara wa, Utsukushiku chiru
Roses, oh roses, withering with regret
Episode 37
On the Night of Passionate Vows
Ah, it's you, Lady Oscar.
Doctor Lasonne,
sorry to bother you late at night but I'd like you to examine me.
I'm ready, Doctor. Please tell me the truth.
I'd like to know clearly about myself.
You seem to have a long lasting cold but there's nothing to worry about.
I've coughed out blood several times.
I know that I have a lung disease.
What I want to know is how long I have to live.
Tuberculosis is not an incurable disease.
It was cured naturally in good air and quiet environment in several cases.
Doctor, I don't want to die.
But if the day comes eventually, I'd like to live the best I can.
Freely, following my heart.
I've served as the Jarjeyes' family doctor for many years.
I can remember the fever you had when you were 3 years old as if it were yesterday.
I must tell you then.
Quit the military now and return to a quiet estate.
Think of nothing, no work, do nothing
but bathe in sunlight and pray for God's providence!
You live half a year at the longest!
Merci, Doctor Lassone. I thank you.
I appreciate it.
Lady Oscar, how is André's condition?
I'm worried about him since he hasn't come to me lately.
André?
André's condition?
André, who is your servant hasn't told you yet?
What do you mean? Please tell me!
It is only a matter of time before André Grandier loses his eye sight!
André...
Blacksmiths started making spears instead of hammering horseshoes.
Bakers sold old weapons displayed in showwindows instead of kneading dough.
Small groups at street corners gathered at squares to form larger crowds.
Hurrah!
Mademoiselle, when will you be back today?
I don't know.
I might stay overnight at the barracks.
Then you must send a messenger to Armand, the painter.
He has an appointment this afternoon to finish up the portrait.
Ah, yes, that's right.
All right. I'll come back as soon as I can.
Make him wait for me.
Hey, Company A was armed and dispatched today.
Yeah, I heard about it. Won't our Company B be dispatched soon, too?
Armed for a battle? With whom?
Of course, with armed citizens.
That's the last thing I want to do.
Well, can't help it. That's what we're being paid for.
No doubt about it.
Don't worry. We won't be dispatched.
I sure hope so.
It's quiet today.
That's because the entire Company A was armed and dispatched to Paris.
Paris is in an uproar since this morning.
Even women and children brought out brooms and clubs, raising queer cries from square to square.
Any casualties?
Not at this point.
100,000 soldiers are scowling at them anyhow.
Even if they arm themselves, their weapons are old guns, improvised spears and such.
They haven't defied the army yet.
Dispatching the Company A was just preparing for the worst.
Our Company B will also be dispatched if the situation gets worse.
I think so.
The Regiment HQ informed me that it's not necessary for Company B to patrol Paris today.
I see. They said to stand by.
Yes, Ma'am.
Thanks.
Excuse me!
Commander.
You look pale, and seem to be worn out.
Please return to your estate and stand by, if you'd like.
I'll send you a messenger if something happens.
What do you mean? I'm all right.
My wife died last year, of lung disease.
So, I can tell!
I noticed it long ago.
So, please do as I said!
Thank you, Colonel Dagout.
I'll do as you said.
Hey, Alain. What is it?
Miss. Commander wants you.
Oscar?
André Grandier, coming in!
Did you need me, Commander?
The situation in Paris is worsening.
As if the voices of the people could be heard from here!
Oscar?
She called me here, and she's not in.
André, you can't even see me?
André!
Did you go to my office?
Sorry, I was somewhere else.
That's OK.
There's no more work today, just awaiting orders.
Let's go home together.
But if we await orders, I should stay with the others.
Accompany me, once in a while.
It's no longer safe on the way home, you know.
In the afternoon, growing groups finally began to move.
The waves of People echo thunderously for Freedom.
No one can stop it now.
Waves can change even the shape of huge rocks on the shore.
Freedom, Equality, and Fraternity!
See our flags flutter!
The River Seine, never forget this day!
The waves that shape the history!
The crowd broke through areas scantily guarded by the military.
Food storage of traders by the Seine was raided to fill their stomachs.
Seeking for guns next, they headed toward mansions and storage of arms traders in Paris.
Excuse me. Please open your eyes.
Sorry.
It'll be finished soon.
When I finish your sapphire eyes, everything is complete.
It's finished.
It's finished...
Look at that.
She is dressed as Mars, the God of War in the myths.
Exactly.
She's calm as the surface of water,
but she's a burning fire inside, heading to the battlefield.
That's what I saw in her.
If this is not satisfactory, I'd like to take it home and keep it as my treasure.
That's not necessary.
Wonderful!
It looks as if another Oscar is there.
I haven't put all my effort into a work like this for years.
André, what's wrong?
You should come here and see it, too!
Yeah, I will...
Beautiful...
beyond comparison.
As if your shining smile draws all the light in the world.
The laurels on your blond hair are especially brilliant!
André, don't force yourself.
I know you're blind.
I'm not crowned with laurels in that portrait.
I see a white rose...
no, an entire field full of roses!
But where?
Yeah, it's the forest near the spring of Arras!
Isn't it, Oscar?
That's right, André.
Armand the painter said he went all the way to Arras to sketch.
A wonderful painting!
Your grace, dignity, and joy... everything is shown expressed!
I'll never forget your beauty in this painting.
Never.
Thank you, André.
Thank you...
Commander!
I have a report from Colonel Dagout!
Alain, you came...
Report! There was an order from headquarters:
"At 8 o'clock tomorrow morning, the French Guards Company B shall be equipped itself and advance to Tuileries Square.
Suppress the armed rioters in cooperation with other regiments."
The order, after all.
Indeed!
Thanks. Go on back to barracks.
I'll soon follow.
The horses are saddled.
We can leave anytime.
Master, please pardon me.
André.
I heard you'll depart for Paris tomorrow.
Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, I'll be dispatched, too.
Yes.
There's a chance that we'll never meet again.
I just want to tell you one thing.
If you were a noble, I definitely would have allowed you to marry Oscar.
No, I'd have blessed you with all my heart!
Don't die, André. Promise me that you'll come back!
Of course, Master!
Let's go to Invalides!
To Invalides!
Whoa.
Invalides?
I see, it has arms and ammunition.
Soldiers of the Royal Army!
Get their weapons!
André, stay near me!
Get them!
André!
We have so few arms and ammunition compared to the Royal Army!
But if the Army fires and tries to suppress us with force,
we will fight!
Since we have the support from 96% of all the French citizens!
Right!
And each of us has a passionate courage and wrath that even repels bullets!
Right!
Not this way. Let's make a detour.
How's your head injury, André?
Yeah, I'm all right. Nothing serious.
How dare you keep on deceiving me.
Your right eye.
I heard from Dr. Lassone.
You're nearly blind, aren't you?
We should go back to the mansion.
I can't take you to Paris tomorrow.
You go back to Nanny and I'll go back to the barracks alone.
Please do, André.
Nothing should happen to you.
I'll go with you, Oscar.
Like I always did, and I always will.
I'm always with you.
André... I was in love with Fersen.
Knowing you loved me, I still loved Fersen.
Would you still love someone like me?
Everything, you are... with all my life.
André, André!
I love you, too, with all my heart...!
I knew it from long ago.
No, even before I was born...
André Grandier... with you, I can be alive.
No, I WANT to be alive!
Now Oscar was André Grandier's wife.
Oscar, I forgot to say good-bye to you.
No, it's only natural, since you're coming back here.
Live, Oscar! As your heart tells you!
Master...
Mademoiselle told me to hand this to you, Master.
Would you please read it for me?
Yes...
What's wrong? Read it. There's only one line!
One line?
"Thank you very much for your love and mercy on a daughter like me."
What are you saying, Oscar?
You sound as if you're bidding farewell.
I won't!
I won't let you do that, Oscar!
Ai ga kurushimi nara
lf to love is to suffer
Ikurademo kurushi mou
I will take any suffering
Sore ga kimino kokoro ni
Until my love reaches
Itsuka todoku made
To your heart someday
Kimi wa hikari, Boku wa kage
You are the light while I am the shadow
Hanre rarenai futari no kizuna
We share a bond that can never be broken
Kurushimeba kurushimu hodo
The more pain I suffer
Ai wa, ai wafukamaru
the deeper is my love