Reference:   Shueisha bunko 3, 344-350 (tankoubon 6);   anime ep.32

[ Oscar and André head off to Versailles for routine duty.   On their way, the rioting commoners overthrow their carriage and drag them out for beating.   Fersen then arrives and chases the commoners away. ]

Fersen:	Oscar! < ... > What's gotten into you, Oscar? Riding into Paris in a carriage like that!
Oscar:	Ah ... Fer- sen?   Fersen!
Fersen:	I was just about to lead the Swedish Palace Guards back to my homeland. By King Gustav's order, we must return and fight with Russia.
Oscar:	An-   Where is André?   Where is André? André!   He's still in there!
Fersen:	Be- be quiet!   Do you want to die here?
Oscar:	Let me go!   André is still ...   My dear André!
Fersen:	My dear André!?
Oscar:	Ah ...
Fersen:	Okay!   Wait here. I'll save André, then you guys grab a street carriage and leave immediately. Got it?
Oscar:	Fersen!
Fersen:	Get a plain-looking street carriage!
Commoner:	Hey!   That guy came back again! Get rid off him!   He's an aristocrat officer!
Fersen:	[ Hee hee ] Hey mobs!   Listen closely! My name ... my name is Hans Axel von Fersen!
Commoners:	Hans ... Axel ... von ... Fersen ... Fersen!?   von Fersen!   He's the Queen's lover! Oh yeah, that Austrian woman's lover! It's Fersen!   Count Fersen! Go!   Hang him!   The Queen's lover! [ start chasing Fersen ]
André:	Ahhh ...
Fersen:	I'm okay!   Run!   Oscar!   André!
Oscar:	André!   André! Hang on!   I'll get a street carriage now. Are you okay?   Can you see where you're going? Ahh!   I'm so sorry.   It's all because of my carelessness. Forgive me!   Hang in there, André!   André! {{ Hang in there, André! Fersen, take care. }} [ steps into a carriage ] {{ I wasn't like this before. I would never have run away and left Fersen in a place like that. Oh, but now, now ... }}

 

Finally!   In this scene, Oscar realizes that she's no longer in love with Fersen.   Rather, it is André she loves.   Now, I think she's loved him since many years ago.   It's just that she doesn't realize her feelings express romantic love instead of close friendship.   While Oscar now understands her feelings, it will still take a while before she tells André.   Poor André waits ... and we will too. ^_*

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