Reference:   Shueisha bunko 1-5, tankoubon 1-9
[ #: ## ; # ] = bunko volume: page numbers; tankoubon volume

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  About Oscar

My existence is nil before the giant cogwheel of history.
I'm only a human being who wants someone to depend on, to support me,
and to indulge my heart's desires always.
[ 4: 285, 8 ]

As a small being I do not have any way to repay God for his love.
Yet I have followed my own heart truthfully.
Not even for a single moment do I regret the life I've led.
[ 5: 22, 9 ]

Even if something were to happen,
please believe me, Father, you have not raised me to be a coward.
[ 4: 300, 8 ]

I am not a puppet!
[ 3: 126; 5 ]

Marriage ... is it really a woman's greatest happiness?
[ 3: 317; 6 ]

I am a soldier who happens to be a woman.
My sole duty is to protect the Royal Family,
not to chat or dance.
[ 1: 89; 1 ]

 

  About André

In my endless dreams, you are forever frozen, like a sepia-colored fossil.
[ 4: 174, 7 ]

The lips that I know, the lips that I know ...
Ah, yes, they are warmer and more supple
wrapping my lips fully, tightly pressing and sliding into my lips.
The lips that I know ...
[ 3: 303, 6 ]

André, I know that my selfishness has only caused you trouble all this time.
Like a shadow you're always by my side, so I can move as I wish.
I can't do anything alone.
[ 3: 136; 5 ]

Whoever teased André about his eyes had better start practing his swords now!
[ 3: 215, 6 ]

 

  About Rosalie

She is as lovely as a spring breeze,
with cheeks blushing like roses,
suffusing the furniture, walls, and everything around her in an aroma of wildflowers.
[ 2: 274, 4 ]

Rosalie, I think of you as a sister and member of our family.
Please think of this as your own home, and feel free to stay until you get married.
But don't forget -- I'm a woman.
[ 2: 115, 3 ]

 

  About Antoinette

"The Barber of Seville"!
You mean that "Barber of Seville", that classic satire of the nobility?
And now these nobles are going to put on this play for fun?
What will the people think of us nobles when they read the script?
Has Her Majesty ever considered what the public might be thinking?
[ 2: 223; 4 ]

 

  About Fersen

Adieu!   Adieu, Fersen, the dream of my youth,
the fleeting thought that once filled my heart with rapture!
Ohhh and now!   Adieu, adieu, my old days!
[ 3: 82, 5 ]

 

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