Later that night in Princess Ann's bedchamber. She stands on her
bed dressed in her nightgown, her hair let down. She picks up the
skirt of her nightgown and drops it.
ANN [brushing her hair]
I hate this nightgown. I hate all my nightgowns. And I hate all my underwear too.
COUNTESS [coming over to tend to her bed, dressed in a bedrobe
and wearing glasses]
My dear, you have lovely things.
ANN. But I'm not two hundred years old! [Dropping down on the
bed] Why can't I sleep in pyjamas?
COUNTESS [looking up as she folds the sheets into place] Pyjamas!
ANN. Just the top half. [The Countess takes off her glasses,
shocked, then walks over to the window. Ann pulls the covers over
her, sitting up] Did you know there are people who sleep with
absolutely nothing on at all?
COUNTESS [opening the window] I rejoice to say 幸いにも that I did not.
ANN [lying against the headboard, smiling as she hears distant
music coming in through the window] Listen. [She jumps up out of
bed and runs over to the window, looking out].
COUNTESS. Oh, and your slippers. [She goes to fetch them from
beside the bed as Ann looks out with pleasure at the dancing
going on far below in the distance] Please put on your slippers
and come away at the window. [Ann walks back to the bed,
dejected, as the Countess shuts the window. The Countess holds a
tray] Your milk and crackers.
ANN [taking the tray; as the Countess helps her pull the covers
over her] Everything we do is so wholesome.健康に良い
COUNTESS. They'll help you to sleep.
ANN [stubbornly] I'm too tired to sleep-can't sleep a wink.一睡も
COUNTESS [putting on her glasses, taking a diary from the
bedtable] Now my dear, if you don't mind: tomorrow's schedule-or
schedule [(skedule)], whichever you prefer-both are correct.
[Running through the items with a pen] Eight thirty, breakfast
here with the Embassy staff; nine o'clock, we leave for the
Polinory Automotive Works where you'll be presented with a small
car.
ANN [disinterested; absently playing with a napkin] Thank you.
COUNTESS. Which you will not accept.
ANN. No, thank you.
COUNTESS. Ten thirty-five, inspection視察 of food and agricultural
organisation will present you with an olive tree.
ANN. No, thank you.
COUNTESS. Which you will accept.
ANN. Thank you.
COUNTESS. Ten fifty-five, the Newfoundling Home For Orphans. You
will preside 主催する over the laying of the cornerstone; same speech as
last Monday.
ANN. Trade relations?
COUNTESS. Yes.
ANN [chewing a cracker] For the orphans?
COUNTESS. No, no, the other one.
ANN. 'Youth and progress'.
COUNTESS. Precisely. そのとおりです。Eleven forty-five, back here to rest. No,
that's wrong... eleven forty-five, conference here with the
press.
ANN. 'Sweetness and decency'優しさと礼節 [she rolls her eyes].
COUNTESS. One o'clock sharpきっちり, lunch with the Foreign Ministry. You
will wear your white lace and carry a small bouquet of (& ANN)
very small pink roses. [The Countess looks up, unimpressed.
Continuing, as Ann drinks her milk from a glass] Three-o five,
presentation of a plaque.(金属・焼き物・ぞうげなどでできた)額，飾り板.
ANN [to an imagined guest] Thank you.)
Four-ten, review観閲する special guard of * Police. (ANN. No, thank you.)
Four forty-five (ANN. How do you do?) back here to change (ANN
[becoming distressed] Charmed.) to your uniform (ANN. So happy.)
to meet the international-.
ANN [screaming at the Countess] STOP!!! [Looking away, her hair
covering her face] Please stop! stop...!
COUNTESS [retrieving the tray] It's alright, dear, it didn't
spillこぼれる [she places the tray on the table].
ANN. I don't care if it's spilled or not.こぼれようがこぼれまいが
I don't care if I
[throws her head into the pillow] drown in it! それが水浸しになろうが
COUNTESS [putting her hands on her shoulders to comfort her] My
dear, you're ill. I'll send for 呼びに行かせましょうDoctor Bonnachoven.
ANN [turning over, facing the opposite way] I don't want Doctor
Bonnachoven; please let me die in peace!平穏に、安からに、
COUNTESS. You're not dying.
ANN [facing the Countess] Leave me. [Sitting up, shouting at her]
Leave me!
COUNTESS. It's nerves;神経質，いらいら. control yourself Ann.
ANN [throwing herself on the pillow, beating it with her fist] I
don't want to!
COUNTESS [standing up straight, speaking with authority] Your
Highness [Ann continues blubbing]. I'll get Doctor Bonnachoven
[she heads for the door].
ANN [looking up as she leaves] It's no use無駄よ; I'll be dead before
he gets here [she gives a defiant blub].
