E10 - The Duke, Alice, and a Song for Two
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Can you imagine...
[00:29] ---
...a life in which you could never
touch the one you love?
[00:34] ---
He takes the life of whatever he touches.
[00:36] ---
That was the curse the witch put on him.
[00:39] ---
His own mother has
distanced herself from him.
[00:41] ---
His friends have called him a monster.
[00:44] ---
Even strangers have spoken of him as the
Death incarnate that dwells in the forest.
[00:49] ---
And yet,
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he doesn't feel the least bit lonely.
[01:23] ---
Caught you, you naughty girl!
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Mother!
[01:26] ---
You've got to stay in bed in
your room like a good little girl.
[01:29] ---
Alice, you have a weak
constitution, you know.
[01:33] ---
I'm sorry.
[01:35] ---
I'm not mad at you.
[01:38] ---
I'm just worried about you, Alice.
[01:43] ---
Good morning, everyone!
[01:44] ---
Good morning!
[01:47] ---
Good morning, Sharon and Alice.
[01:49] ---
Good morning.
[01:51] ---
Sharon, could you show me how to
do something on the sewing machine?
[01:55] ---
All right. I'll be there right
after I take Alice to her room.
[01:59] ---
I found some bugs in the kitchen...
[02:01] ---
Sprinkle salt water on the floor.
[02:04] ---
Keep at it for several days
and see how it goes.
[02:07] ---
That's our head maid!
You can count on her.
[02:10] ---
Yeah, isn't she something?
[02:12] ---
Although I must say she lacks
the character of a head maid.
[02:15] ---
Ooh, how rude of you to say that!
[02:17] ---
You want character?
I'll give you character!
[02:21] ---
You ready? Here's your character!
[02:24] ---
What the heck was that?
[02:25] ---
Oh, dear, was it that strange?
[02:27] ---
What did you think of it, Alice?
[02:29] ---
It was perfect.
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Oh, my! You're too easy on me!
[02:35] ---
Your Grace? Please don't run
in the house, okay?
[02:39] ---
Okay! I'm going outside now!
[02:49] ---
Why, Alice! Have you made
friends with His Grace?
[02:55] ---
Were you hoping to see him? Is that why
you were walking around the house?
[03:01] ---
Oh, my.
That's a long, hard road you tread.
[03:03] ---
But I won't stand in your way.
[03:07] ---
Forgive me for teasing you.
[03:08] ---
It's just that your face is so
cute when you blush, Alice.
[03:12] ---
Good morning, Sharon.
[03:16] ---
Good morning, Rob.
[03:17] ---
And good morning to you too, Alice.
[03:21] ---
You always hide behind
your mother's skirt, don't you?
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You've got such a scary face, that's why.
[03:26] ---
There's nothing to be
scared of, little girl.
[03:27] ---
It doesn't help when you
say that with a straight face...
[03:30] ---
Have you gotten used
to life in the mansion?
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Uh-huh.
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What do you think of the way
that your mother works?
[03:35] ---
She's really amazing!
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When I grow up, I want to be
a fine maid just like her... sir.
[03:42] ---
My daughter's so adorable I could cry...
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But you already are.
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I look forward to the day when
we can work together, Alice.
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Good day.
[04:01] ---
Okay, I'm going to work now,
so stay in bed like a good little girl.
[04:05] ---
Okay.
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My sweet Alice,
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I'll protect you no matter what.
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I love you!
SIGN Episode 10: The Duke, Alice,
and a Song for Two
[06:06] ---
Ooh, Mother's majorly pissed.
[06:09] ---
The fact that Walter and I were both gone
on Christmas might've been the last straw.
[06:14] ---
It's all your fault, Walter,
for following me without my knowledge.
[06:19] ---
It's all his fault,
my brother the firstborn.
[06:34] ---
Oh, wait, that's right.
[06:36] ---
I wonder if she's going to be okay...
[06:39] ---
Look, I know we just met, so I shouldn't
be saying this, but let's face it.
[06:43] ---
Cuff is such a useless good-for-nothing,
and you know why? It's all because of...
[06:46] ---
...you, her childhood friend!
[06:48] ---
Huh?
[06:49] ---
You look out for her too much,
and that's a habit you've got to break.
[06:52] ---
You should let her do the shopping by
herself sometimes. It's for her own good.
[06:56] ---
F-For Cuff's own good?
[06:58] ---
Hmm?
[07:00] ---
Viola may have a point there.
[07:03] ---
But still, I'm worried, so I'm watching
Cuff from a distance just in case.
[07:07] ---
I'm not going to bail her
out today, I promise!
[07:10] ---
Huh?! H-Hey, wait!
[07:12] ---
All right, will that be all, dear?
[07:15] ---
Yep, that's everything
that was on the note.
[07:17] ---
Thanks! Bye now!
[07:19] ---
Now hold on, miss.
Where's the cash you owe me?
[07:21] ---
Cash?
[07:22] ---
That's right. Cash.
[07:23] ---
Hmm, Zain's not with me today,
so I don't know what to do...
[07:29] ---
Argh, what the heck is she doing?
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I want to bail her out.
Bail her out right now.
[07:33] ---
No, this is exactly the
habit I've got to break.
[07:36] ---
I've got it! Is it all right
if I trade you for it?
[07:38] ---
What?!
[07:39] ---
Of course it's not all right!
[07:40] ---
You're putting the lady on the spot here!
[07:41] ---
Check out this cat-shaped rock I found!
[07:44] ---
I was planning on giving it to Zain,
but what the hay?
[07:47] ---
Nobody's going to want that!
[07:48] ---
Oh, this is so awkward...
[07:49] ---
Didn't your folks give you
some money to pay for this?
[07:52] ---
Oh, so "cash" means "money"?
[07:55] ---
Sorry about that.
[07:56] ---
All right, thanks!
[07:58] ---
Come again!
[08:02] ---
Here you go! Fresh from the oven.
[08:03] ---
Thanks. This is money.
Some people call it cash.
[08:07] ---
Yeah well, I knew that.
[08:09] ---
She paid the bill without a hitch.
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You're making progress, Cuff!
[08:19] ---
Such nice, soft bread.
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I'll protect you for as long as I live.
[08:23] ---
For as long as you live?
That's kind of unlikely.
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Sorry.
[08:34] ---
Wait a sec.
[08:35] ---
Zain trusted me with that money.
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I'd get in trouble if you took it.
[08:41] ---
L-Let go of me!
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Watch out!
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Are you all right?
[08:51] ---
Y-Yeah.
[08:52] ---
I tried to pickpocket you, and yet you...
I'm sorry.
[08:56] ---
Well, now you know better.
[08:57] ---
Aw, shoot!
[08:58] ---
The stuff Zain asked me to buy...
[09:00] ---
Hey there. Let's pick this all up
now and head on home.
[09:04] ---
I see that habit of yours
has reared its ugly head again.
[09:07] ---
I don't think I'll ever
be able to kick it.
[09:23] ---
Your Grace?
[09:25] ---
Are you having trouble sleeping again?
[09:27] ---
Yeah, sort of.
[09:29] ---
I thought I might get a little drowsy
if I took a walk around the mansion.
[09:34] ---
Shall I get in bed with you?
[09:36] ---
Get in bed with me?!
And must you get so close to say it?!
[09:39] ---
I'll go to my room and get some pajamas.
[09:42] ---
Please wait for me in
your bedroom, Your Grace.
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Hey, hang on there...
[09:47] ---
The whole thing's been settled
with none of my input.
[09:53] ---
May I come in?
[09:57] ---
Y-You really mean to go through with this?
[09:59] ---
Why, of course.
[10:02] ---
I'll try to stay as still as I can.
[10:05] ---
You can leave as soon as I fall asleep.
[10:09] ---
As you wish.
[10:11] ---
The one I love is lying beside me...
[10:14] ---
It's kind of... freaking me out...
[10:18] ---
Totally... freaking me out...
[10:23] ---
She's got long eyelashes...
and beautiful lips.
[10:28] ---
You're my angel.
[10:32] ---
Do you think staring at me
will help you fall asleep?
[10:35] ---
So, you noticed, huh?
[10:37] ---
Maybe she's a devil, not an angel.
[10:44] ---
I'm feeling kind of tense now, and it's
made it even harder for me to fall asleep.
[10:49] ---
I know what you mean.
[10:51] ---
Can I take off my pajamas?
[10:53] ---
No! Why?
[10:54] ---
I always sleep in the nude when I'm in my
room, so this feels kind of uncomfortable.
[10:59] ---
Well, now's definitely not a good time!
[11:01] ---
I'll try to make the best of it.
[11:02] ---
I wouldn't say she's a devil...
[11:05] ---
...she's more of a succubus.
[11:06] ---
Your Grace?
[11:08] ---
I pictured you as a succubus just now!
[11:11] ---
Did I look good?
[11:13] ---
Yeah, you did!
[11:14] ---
Come on, isn't it about time
you really tried going to sleep?
[11:18] ---
You're starting to strip again!
[11:20] ---
I just don't feel comfortable
in these pajamas.
[11:22] ---
What if Rob saw us now?
How would we explain it?
[11:26] ---
It looks like I'm doing
something nasty to you!
[11:30] ---
Do you want to try something nasty?
[11:31] ---
You're the one who's
being nasty right now!
[11:35] ---
Now that I think about it, it's not right
for an unwed couple to sleep together.
[11:42] ---
My mother's really straitlaced,
so I doubt she'd approve of it.
[11:47] ---
Your Grace? How do you feel about your
mother... I mean, the lady of the house?
[11:57] ---
I don't have any strong feelings
for her one way or the other now.
[12:00] ---
Like Walter said, she has been
waiting for me this whole time.
[12:05] ---
And I do want to have a seat
at the family dinner table again.
[12:09] ---
If I can break this curse,
I think I can make peace with her.
[12:12] ---
And when I do, I'll tell her about us.
[12:15] ---
I know it's not easy for an heir
to marry his maid.
[12:19] ---
But I'll make a serious effort to ask her.
[12:21] ---
If my family doesn't approve,
I'll break ties with them and--
[12:25] ---
You mustn't.
[12:27] ---
You mustn't even consider it.
[12:30] ---
Please, just don't.
[12:32] ---
Please?
[12:35] ---
Well, I'll cross that bridge
when I get to it.
[12:38] ---
First, I've got to break this curse.
[12:40] ---
That'll get the ball rolling.
[12:43] ---
I think I can get to sleep now.
[12:45] ---
Thanks. You can go now.
[12:48] ---
As you wish.
[12:53] ---
Good night, Alice.
[12:55] ---
I hope I can see you again in my dreams.
[12:58] ---
Then I shall see you in your dreams.
[13:00] ---
Good night, Your Grace.
[13:18] ---
It's still warm.
[13:34] ---
He's right.
[13:35] ---
Once his curse is broken,
[13:37] ---
His Grace will go back to his family's
main residence as its heir.
[13:41] ---
And he'll live with his family once again.
[13:45] ---
That's the way it should be.
[13:47] ---
And yet...
[13:54] ---
Why, Alice, it's you!
[13:55] ---
I'm sorry to bother you so late at night.
[14:07] ---
Rob!
[14:09] ---
Oh, you don't have to
put out your cigarette.
[14:11] ---
I'm sorry to bother you
during your break time.
[14:13] ---
I wanted to show you these!
[14:15] ---
Alice gave them to me.
[14:17] ---
She told me she knitted them for a little
bit each day as she thought of me!
[14:22] ---
With the scarf and mittens Alice made me,
I'll stay warm no matter how cold it gets.
[14:28] ---
Oh...
[14:30] ---
Come on, say something.
[14:32] ---
You really have begun
to smile more, Your Grace.
[14:37] ---
It's a far cry from your nihilistic days.
[14:40] ---
Don't remind me!
[14:42] ---
Even I look back on those days and wince.
[14:45] ---
Your Grace?
[14:47] ---
I made you some tea.
[14:48] ---
Okay, I'm on my way!
[14:53] ---
Oh, and try not to smoke too much, okay?
[14:56] ---
Yes, Your Grace.
[14:59] ---
Back then...
[15:00] ---
...after His Grace had been cursed
and I was ordered to care for him,
[15:05] ---
I honestly didn't know what to do.
[15:08] ---
It wasn't that I was afraid of his curse.
[15:11] ---
It was just that I'd never
raised a child before.
[15:15] ---
I feared that I wouldn't be able to bring
him up alone without a woman's help.
[15:22] ---
Still, he was the family's precious son.
[15:26] ---
Your right eye is really scary-looking.
[15:31] ---
Will this do?
[15:32] ---
Uh-huh.
[15:34] ---
I considered it an honor to be
entrusted with such an important task.
[15:38] ---
However, as he grew older,
His Grace and I began to butt heads.
[15:43] ---
He fought with me and ran away
I don't know how many times.
[15:49] ---
Eventually, His Grace shut himself in his
room and began to retreat into his shell.
[15:56] ---
I suspect that his loneliness
had turned into fear.
[16:02] ---
More and more often he
expressed a desire to die.
[16:07] ---
"If only His Grace had someone
his own age to talk with," I thought.
[16:11] ---
And the first person that
came to my mind was...
[16:15] ---
...her.
[16:18] ---
Me, a maid?
[16:20] ---
Does this mean I could
see His Grace again?
[16:24] ---
It was obvious that Alice had
been mistreated by her aunt.
[16:28] ---
Even so, she bowed deeply to
the woman before we departed.
[16:35] ---
Now, Alice is even more dear to His Grace
than I could have possibly imagined.
[16:46] ---
But Alice knows where
she stands in all of this.
[16:51] ---
She knows it only too well.
[16:54] ---
I'm weird, aren't I?
[16:57] ---
How so?
[16:58] ---
I hope that His Grace will break his curse
and live with his family once again.
[17:05] ---
And yet, His Grace is
fond of me, his maid.
[17:10] ---
While I appreciate his affection,
[17:13] ---
when I think about how that
might estrange him from his family,
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I can't take any pleasure in it.
[17:21] ---
You're not weird at all.
[17:24] ---
It's up to the two of you to
decide how you'd like to be,
[17:27] ---
so I'll keep my opinions to myself.
[17:30] ---
But the feelings you have for
His Grace aren't weird at all.
[17:34] ---
They're something purer.
[17:36] ---
I might go so far as to call it...
[17:39] ---
...fate.
[17:43] ---
That's what it is.
[17:50] ---
Rob?
[17:53] ---
You're going to get cold pretty soon.
[17:55] ---
Come join us for a cup of tea.
[17:58] ---
All right, I'll be there shortly.
[18:03] ---
If the two of them are happy,
[18:06] ---
then so am I.
[18:41] ---
So... How was it?
[18:43] ---
It was superb. A wonderful
and moving experience.
[18:47] ---
Th-Thanks.
[18:49] ---
You played a cheerful song this time.
[18:53] ---
Although I thought the ballad you played
last time was wonderful, too.
[18:56] ---
R-Really?
[18:57] ---
Well, I'm glad you liked it.
[18:59] ---
This isn't my way of thanking you
for the mittens, though.
[19:03] ---
I don't know how to put it, but...
[19:04] ---
...I'm just really glad to be able
to spend time with you like this.
[19:10] ---
Me, too.
[19:11] ---
Now that we're alone, Your Grace,
my body aches with yearning.
[19:16] ---
So, what should I play next?
[19:18] ---
Say, Alice?
[19:19] ---
Why don't you sing to my
accompaniment once in a while?
[19:22] ---
Who, me?
[19:23] ---
Yeah, you've sung for me several
times now. I like what you sing, Alice.
[19:29] ---
Very well. What would you like me to sing?
[19:33] ---
All right, how about...
[19:53] ---
"The Owl and the Pussy-cat"?
[19:55] ---
Yeah. Sing it for me.
[20:06] ---
♪ The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea
In a beautiful pea green boat, ♪
[20:16] ---
♪ They took some honey, and plenty of money ♪
[20:21] ---
♪ Wrapped up in a five pound note. ♪
[20:25] ---
♪ The Owl looked up to the stars above,
And sang to a small guitar, ♪
[20:34] ---
Take it from here, Mr. Owl.
[20:36] ---
You want me to sing?
[20:40] ---
♪ 'O lovely Pussy! O Pussy my love, ♪
[20:44] ---
♪ What a beautiful Pussy you are,
You are, You are! ♪
[20:48] ---
♪ What a beautiful Pussy you are!' ♪
[20:53] ---
♪ Pussy said to the Owl,
'You elegant fowl! ♪
[20:59] ---
♪ How charmingly sweet you sing! ♪
[21:05] ---
♪ O let us be married!
too long we have tarried: ♪
[21:15] ---
♪ But what shall we do for a ring?' ♪
[21:36] ---
Your Grace...
[21:37] ---
Your face is as red as a beet.
[21:39] ---
Don't look at me!
[21:40] ---
I can't believe my heart would start
pounding over some nursery rhyme lyrics.
[21:44] ---
I felt kind of embarrassed, too.
[21:46] ---
I didn't know you could feel that way.
[21:48] ---
What kind of person do you think I am?
[21:52] ---
I may have been embarrassed,
[21:54] ---
but it doesn't bother me
because of you, Your Grace.
[21:56] ---
I-I think I'd better call it a night...
[21:58] ---
...while I can still think straight.
[22:02] ---
Lately I've been feeling kind of cheerful.
[22:05] ---
I wonder if that's why I could
write a song like that.
[22:07] ---
That could be the reason.
[22:09] ---
You have definitely been smiling
more often, Your Grace.
[22:13] ---
I owe it all to you, Alice.
[22:14] ---
As long as I don't lose hope, I think that
one day I'll be able to break my curse.
[22:21] ---
Once I do that, I'll be able to
return to my family's home.
[22:24] ---
Proudly...
[22:25] ---
And I'll take you with me.
[22:27] ---
Well, this is where I'll say good night.
[22:30] ---
You don't have to walk me to my room.
[22:32] ---
O-Oh, really? What a bummer...
[22:35] ---
Good night, Your Grace.
[22:38] ---
You blew me a kiss!
[22:40] ---
Forgive me, Your Grace.
[22:43] ---
I'm just a lowly servant.
[22:48] ---
Your Grace, no matter what you may think,
[22:50] ---
when that fateful day arrives,
[22:52] ---
we won't be able to see
each other freely anymore.
[22:55] ---
I know this, and it saddens me.
[23:03] ---
I'm a no-good maid.
[23:05] ---
Aren't I, Mother?
[23:08] ---
Alice!
[23:10] ---
Your Grace...
[23:11] ---
Let me walk you to your room.
[23:13] ---
It may not be very far, but you never
know what may be lurking outside.
[23:17] ---
I appreciate the sentiment,
[23:19] ---
but a servant can't let her
master walk her to her room...
[23:22] ---
It doesn't matter.
[23:24] ---
I'd like to treat you like a lady, Alice.
[23:29] ---
What's wrong?
[23:31] ---
Even if it hadn't panned out...
[23:35] ---
...I believe the pussy-cat would still
have been happy to have loved the owl.
[23:40] ---
Is that what that nursery
rhyme was all about?
[23:46] ---
Hey! Wait up, Alice!
[23:48] ---
I'll be your escort!
[23:50] ---
Hey! Did you hear me, Alice?
[24:00] ---
The Duke of Death and His Maid
SIGN The Duke and Secret Magic
[24:00] ---
"The Duke and Secret Magic."
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