SCENE
Behind the Heart Door, the EnTrance to TheGreatHall at Kastel Dracul, young Vladimir hears approaching voices. He recognises all but one of them. The accent of the stranger is one he has never heard. From the tone of his mother's voice he realises that the stranger is someone his mother knows very well. All of a sudden, SextonJulius is at his shoulder..."Come child, mind now..". As the door swings open Vladimir sees the stranger for the first time. The man is small, yet his voice is large. As their eyes meet Vladimir feels both anxious and at the same time at ease. The strangers eyes are small, the colour hard to define; at first the Princeling takes them to be black, then he sees that they are very dark grey, the colour of slate. In that split-second, the child knows.
As the party moves into the GreatHall the stranger suddenly stops, a mischievous smile on his full, yet small lips.....Vladimir sees that his mother is smiling as if some fool had just amused her. All of a sudden the stranger wheels around, flashing a brief conspiratorial glance at the transfixed boy, walks a few brief strides from all-gathered, turning once more towards the child he bows deeply sweeping his deep-blue cap almost to the flagstone floor revealing a shock of bright silver hair . Immediately he breaks into song. This is the first time Vladimir has heard this tongue............
(THE SONG OF)
LE PETIT CHAVALIER
Je suis Le Petit Chevalier
Avec mes pieds
Sur Le Ciel
Je suis Le Chavalier Richard
Plein de Mort
Au hasard
Je suis Le Petit Chavalier
Je suis Le Petit Chavalier
Croix de Guerre
Croix de Paix
Behind the Heart Door, the EnTrance to TheGreatHall at Kastel Dracul, young Vladimir hears approaching voices. He recognises all but one of them. The accent of the stranger is one he has never heard. From the tone of his mother's voice he realises that the stranger is someone his mother knows very well. All of a sudden, SextonJulius is at his shoulder..."Come child, mind now..". As the door swings open Vladimir sees the stranger for the first time. The man is small, yet his voice is large. As their eyes meet Vladimir feels both anxious and at the same time at ease. The strangers eyes are small, the colour hard to define; at first the Princeling takes them to be black, then he sees that they are very dark grey, the colour of slate. In that split-second, the child knows.
As the party moves into the GreatHall the stranger suddenly stops, a mischievous smile on his full, yet small lips.....Vladimir sees that his mother is smiling as if some fool had just amused her. All of a sudden the stranger wheels around, flashing a brief conspiratorial glance at the transfixed boy, walks a few brief strides from all-gathered, turning once more towards the child he bows deeply sweeping his deep-blue cap almost to the flagstone floor revealing a shock of bright silver hair . Immediately he breaks into song. This is the first time Vladimir has heard this tongue............
(THE SONG OF)
LE PETIT CHAVALIER
Je suis Le Petit Chevalier
Avec mes pieds
Sur Le Ciel
Je suis Le Chavalier Richard
Plein de Mort
Au hasard
Je suis Le Petit Chavalier
Je suis Le Petit Chavalier
Croix de Guerre
Croix de Paix