Reference:   Shueisha bunko 2, 204-205 (tankoubon 4);   not in anime

[ This scene takes place right before Fersen's return from America and the outbreak of the Necklace Affair.   Oscar is instructing the Palace Guards to form battle positions.   André watches nearby. ]

André:

{{ In the cascade of golden light her Palace Guard uniform shimmers in flaming red. Blond hair fluttering in the wind as she commands gracefully on horseback. Oh, those blue eyes, that figure soaring through the sky as if it were a roaring Pegasus, heart trembling on wings of desire. * Blond hair fluttering, fluttering in the wind ... }} * (lit.: that figure, as if quaking/startling the heart of Pegasus, who is roaring at the sky, like wings)

 

André's first view of Oscar in the romantic sense.   Parts of this passage will re-appear in a crucial scene towards the end of the manga.   You guess which one.   ^_^

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