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[Assistant] Barton Park, where Sir and Lady Middleton lived, was about half a mile from the cottage.


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[Assistant] The ladies had passed near it upon arriving at the cottage.


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[Assistant] The house was large and handsome and the Middletons lived in style, always with friends staying with them in the house to keep them company.


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[Assistant] Both Sir and Lady preferred to invite friends to stay with them.


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[Assistant] Sir Middleton enjoyed hunting with friends, while Lady Middleton delighted in caring for her children, but preferred to have other mothers and children around as well.


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[Assistant] During their many dinner parties, Lady Middleton enjoyed showing off the elegance of her dinners.


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[Assistant] But Sir John's satisfaction in having such events was more real.


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[Assistant] He delighted in collecting more young people around him than his house would hold. The noisier the house the happier was Sir John.


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[Assistant] The arrival of a new family in the area was always a matter of joy to him. He was charmed with the new neighbors in his cottage.


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[Assistant] The Miss Dashwoods were young, pretty, and honest. Sir John could not be more delighted.


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[Assistant] The Dashwoods were invited for dinner the next evening at Barton Park.


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[Assistant] He repeated many times that he was sorry he could not bring any smart young men to meet them for dinner.


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[Assistant] There was, in fact, only one other gentleman present, aside from Sir John himself.


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[Assistant] This other man was a dear friend of Sir John's, Colonel Brandon. Although he was certainly not charming and friendly like Sir John, Lady Middleton's mother was present as well, who was quite a friendly, agreeable old woman.


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[Assistant] Mrs. Jennings, Lady Middleton's mother, was a good-humored, merry, fat old woman, who talked a great deal, seemed very happy, and rather ill-mannered.


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[Assistant] She was full of jokes and laughter, and before dinner was over she had said many things about lovers and husbands. She mentioned that she hoped the girls had not left their hearts at Norland, then laughed to herself.


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[Assistant] Marianne was quite worried about her sister, as she knew Eleanor was still rather upset about leaving Edward to move to Barton Cottage.


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[Assistant] Colonel Brandon, the friend of Sir John, was quiet and serious. His appearance, however, was not unpleasant.


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[Assistant] Although Marianne and Margaret believed him to be an old man, as he was nearly 35, he looked sensible and gentleman-like.


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[Assistant] In the evening, Sir John requested that Marianne sing for the group, after he discovered that she was musical.


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[Assistant] Marianne sang quite well, and the group praised her after every song.


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[Assistant] Sir John was loud and congratulating her after each song.


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[Assistant] And as loud in his conversation with the others while every song lasted.


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[Assistant] Mrs. Jennings's husband had died many years ago.


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[Assistant] leaving her a great fortune to spend happily as both of her daughters had already married wealthy husbands.


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[Assistant] Mrs. Jennings had been anxious to find Colonel Brandon a wife since they had met soon after her daughter was married to Sir John.


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[Assistant] She felt Colonel Brandon to be quite an old man at 35 years old.


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[Assistant] Her mother, however, could not believe a man five years younger than herself to be old.


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[Assistant] Said Marianne, after a moment of silence.


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[Assistant] Soon after this conversation ended, Elinor left the room. Marianne then turned to her mother with a worried look.


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[Assistant] Of course I continue to spend a great deal of time with the children.


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[Assistant] However, it was more difficult to talk with him now.


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[Assistant] For a month I felt our conversations becoming more and more uncomfortable. I knew then, just as I know today, that the children understood my troubles.


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[Assistant] There was, however, an unspoken agreement between us. We never once spoke about Quint or Miss Jessel, but our conversation became like a game.


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[Assistant] No matter what we talked about, or what we studied.


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[Assistant] Every subject seemed dangerously close to the subject we did not want to discuss.


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[Assistant] One topic we absolutely avoided discussing was death, and whether people can come back from death. In the end,


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[Assistant] The safest subjects seemed to be things about my life before, when I lived with my family. They learned everything about my past. They knew the names of all my relatives, even the names of my dog and cat.


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[Assistant] Every lesson I got the feeling that the children expected me to break down and directly ask them about their visitors. It seemed that they were prepared for this. For quite a while things continued this way.


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[Assistant] And for a long time, I did not see Quint or Miss Jessel. However, this did not help me to feel better. Summer passed and autumn came, and yet I could still feel that they were there, hiding somewhere. In fact, I became more sensitive to their presence.


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[Assistant] I had said to Mrs. Groves before that I would have been willing to put my life in danger in order to protect the children. I had hoped that by seeing the ghosts myself, I was preventing the children from seeing them. However, the situation was now quite the opposite. I knew that the children were still being visited. In fact, there were times during our lessons when I felt that the visitors, although I could not see them,


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[Assistant] At these moments, I wanted more than anything to shout at the children.


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[Assistant] The children would have only had to pretend that they did not understand what I was talking about in order for me to have looked absolutely crazy.


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[Assistant] Every day I could feel their power and my weakness.


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[Assistant] Sometimes this feeling bothered me so much that I would have to lock myself in a room away from them and practice how I might one day talk directly with them about their behavior.


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[Assistant] In the end however, I would always fall into the chair.


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[Assistant] Realizing that such directness would not be proper, I felt ashamed of myself.


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[Assistant] I would then return to the children and continue to talk about myself as they asked me to do.


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[Assistant] Sometimes when I stopped talking, I could tell that the ghosts were present.


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[Assistant] And that the children were listening to them and not to me.


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[Assistant] What bothered me the most was that I did not know exactly what the children were seeing and hearing.


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[Assistant] One other subject that helped to ease our discomfort was whether or not their uncle, the man who hired me, would ever come to live with us. Shouldn't we send him a letter? They would ask.


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[Assistant] I allowed them to write to him, but I never sent the letters out.


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[Assistant] First of all, I knew their uncle would not want to receive them. Secondly, they were too wonderful to be sent. I still have them today. Looking back, I do not believe that they truly missed their uncle. Rather, I believe that somehow, and I do not know how, they knew the special feelings I had for him. It was a cruel joke.


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[Assistant] I'm still surprised that I did not begin to dislike the children for this.


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[Assistant] It is possible that I might have grown tired of them if the situation had not suddenly changed.


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[Assistant] Mrs. Gross's rudeness toward me did not prevent us from being friendly with one another after our talk. When we saw each other again, after I had brought Miles home from the station, we got along quite well.


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[Assistant] Part of the reason for this was my feeling towards the young boy.


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[Assistant] When I first caught sight of him at the station, I had a similar moment to the one when I first saw little Flora. He too was extremely handsome.


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[Assistant] All of my fears and worries about him immediately left me then.


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[Assistant] Never in my life had I ever seen a child so special. He seemed so sweet and pure. I could feel only love for him.


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[Assistant] It seemed impossible to me that he could have been thrown out of his school.


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[Assistant] I felt truly angry with the leader who had sent the letter. I expressed my feelings to Mrs. Grohs.


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[Assistant] We stood shaking hands for a moment, smiling very happily into one another's faces.


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[Assistant] Mrs. Groves was so pleased that she asked for permission to kiss me.


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[Assistant] I said, pulling her toward me and giving her a big hug. We were like the best friends at that moment.


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[Assistant] Remembering those days when I first began my work with the children.


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[Assistant] I find it hard to believe the way that I let myself be influenced so easily.


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[Assistant] I was full of feeling for this boy, and there was no doubt in my mind that I could help him.


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[Assistant] I do not even remember the kind of classes that I had planned to teach him.


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[Assistant] Both of the children were extremely polite and easygoing. I was completely charmed by them.


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[Assistant] As a result, I became a less effective teacher.


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[Assistant] My image of them in the future was no different from the time I was teaching them. They seemed to me as if they would never grow older.


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[Assistant] They would never leave this beautiful castle of theirs or its gardens. Our lessons, therefore, became easier than I was used to.


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[Assistant] And we ended up spending a very pleasant summer together. Of course. Now in looking back.


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[Assistant] That peaceful time seems more like the quiet before a storm.


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[Assistant] I could always find time to rest at the end of the day, after they had gone to bed.


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[Assistant] During that time, I would walk outside around the gardens and listen to the birds sing just before the sun had completely gone down.


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[Assistant] I felt proud to be the master in such a lovely place.


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[Assistant] It felt good to be serving the wishes of that handsome young man who had hired me.


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[Assistant] Now he would no longer have to worry about the children. They were safe and being taught well.


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[Assistant] It was a secret wish of mine, during these walks, to find a man one day in the garden. I knew it was silly and impossible, but I still wished for it to happen. I imagined that this man would smile at me.


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[Assistant] And that this smile would mean that he understood how good a woman I was. Then it happened on one evening in June. I actually did see a man. However, instead of being in the garden,


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[Assistant] He was up in one of the two towers that stood on each side of the house.


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[Assistant] I was so frightened to see him there, I almost cried out. He was a complete stranger. I did not recognize him at all. In that moment, it seemed that everything around me had died. No longer could I hear the birds singing. No longer did the wind blow.


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[Assistant] The sun had not yet gone down and the sky was still a warm yellow.


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[Assistant] I looked more carefully and found that I had not been imagining things.


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[Assistant] There was indeed a man looking down at me from the tower.


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[Assistant] I tried to think if there was anyone I had not yet met who worked at this house. I was pretty sure I had met everyone. I was not close enough to say anything to him.


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[Assistant] To ask him who he was and what he was doing up there. He stood, leaning forward.


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[Assistant] With his hands on the railing that surrounded the top of the tower. Then he suddenly straightened, and slowly walked to another part of the tower, never once taking his eyes away from me. He stopped and stared some more. After a short while, he disappeared into the tower, and I did not see him anymore that day.


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[Assistant] After Willoughby's departure, Eleanor sat wondering about his situation, somewhat pitying him. However, her mother soon arrived with Colonel Brandon.


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[Assistant] And she happily explained that her other daughter was no longer suffering and was improving quickly. She then explained the event that had just passed.


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[Assistant] Mrs. Dashwood did indeed pity him for his current situation.


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[Assistant] However, she soon informed Eleanor that Colonel Brandon had admitted he was in love with Marianne.


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[Assistant] Eleanor was overjoyed for him, but still pitied poor Willoughby a bit.


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[Assistant] Soon enough Marianne was well enough to receive visitors. Colonel Brandon looked quite upset at seeing her look so pale and sickly.


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[Assistant] Remembering the look of his dear Eliza before her death.


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[Assistant] Marianne fully recovered in nearly four days, and the family made plans to return to Barton Cottage. Colonel Brandon agreed to take them home, which they were grateful for.


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[Assistant] Marianne and Eleanor were sincerely upset in having to leave Mrs. Jennings.


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[Assistant] They were grateful to her kind support and so full of respect for her.


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[Assistant] As they approached Barton, Marianne began to cry, overjoyed to be home, but still hurt, remembering the time she had had there with Willoughby. One morning, a few days after they had arrived home,


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[Assistant] Eleanor and Marianne were taking a walk when Marianne stopped, looking towards a nearby hill.


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[Assistant] After a few moments of silence, she began to speak again.


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[Assistant] Eleanor then explained the story of Willoughby's arriving at Cleveland.


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[Assistant] Marianne listened in silence, sometimes crying quietly to herself.


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[Assistant] Marianne then realized that the amusement she and Willoughby shared was in laughing at others, and she had suffered greatly since it ended.


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[Assistant] She knew that she had once loved him but she could never feel such emotions after knowing his true character.


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[Assistant] That evening when the family was sitting together, Marianne began speaking about Willoughby.


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[Assistant] During this time, Elinor was becoming more impatient to hear of Edward's plans.


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[Assistant] She had heard nothing of him since she had left London.


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[Assistant] One morning one of their servants returned from doing business at Mrs. Farrar's country home.


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[Assistant] I suppose you know, ma'am, that Mr. Farrar's is married," he informed Elinor.


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[Assistant] She asked, I saw Mr. Ferrara's myself this morning.


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[Assistant] He was with Miss Steele as they have recently married.


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[Assistant] The rest of the day Elinor tried to look calm so her family would not worry.


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[Assistant] But she was quite upset after hearing the news of Lucy's steal marrying Edward. Chapter 48


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[Assistant] Eleanor now realized the difference between the expectation of an unpleasant event and the certainty of the event.


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[Assistant] She was still shocked and upset after hearing of the marriage


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[Assistant] She had always hoped that while Edward was still single, there was some hope of his ending the engagement to Lucy. But now there was no hope.


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[Assistant] She was not surprised that they had gotten married so quickly, as Lucy would most likely want to secure her marriage.


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[Assistant] Eleanor was shocked to see Edward arriving at the cottage. He looked pale and nervous when he arrived.


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[Assistant] He was silent for some time, so Eleonora began speaking.


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[Assistant] You may not have heard that my brother has recently married Miss Lucy Steele.


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[Assistant] Yes, that's right. There are the others.


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[Assistant] Not at all. Why do you think I continue to work here? I very much enjoy your company.


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[Assistant] I'd like to stay with you until we can find a good school for you to attend. I told you before, the night that I visited you in your room that I would do anything to help you.


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[Assistant] Yes, that's true. I wanted things to change after that, but they did not change, did they?


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[Assistant] But before you go, I have one favor to ask you.


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[Assistant] When Juliet heard what had happened, she was terribly upset, frightened, and extremely angry. She was angry that Romeo had killed her cousin. And now she couldn't see him anymore. And they had just been married.


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[Assistant] At first Juliet could not decide between her love and her anger. She did not know whether to hate Romeo or love him. But soon love won. And Juliet cried tears of joy and sadness.


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[Assistant] Meanwhile, Romeo had gone to Friar Lawrence's house to hide.


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[Assistant] For Romeo, the prince's punishment was more terrible than death. How would he see Juliet?


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[Assistant] To Romeo, there was no world outside of Verona. No life without Juliet. Heaven was where Juliet was. Hell was everywhere else. Romeo shouted and tore his hair. He talked about killing himself.


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[Assistant] The good friar Lawrence took this opportunity to urge Romeo. You have killed Tybalt. Now you want to kill yourself too? How selfish and ridiculous. You are alive and Juliet is alive too. She has become your dear lady. How can you think of dying? What would happen to her? Be courageous like a man should be.


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[Assistant] You should be thinking about your and Juliet's future.


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[Assistant] When Romeo was a little calmer, Friar Lawrence made a plan.


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[Assistant] He said that Romeo should go to the town of Mantua and hide for a while.


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[Assistant] The friar would stay in Verona and speak to the lover's families. He would tell them the truth.


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[Assistant] Perhaps when the lords learn of this marriage, they will end their quarrel, he said. Go to Julia tonight.


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[Assistant] Tomorrow, go to Mantua and wait for my message.


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[Assistant] That night, Romeo went to find Juliet in secret. They spent the night together in Juliet's bedroom. They were very happy, but also sad. The next day they would separate. They did not know when they'd see each other again. The morning arrived too soon.


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[Assistant] Romeo said goodbye to Juliet with a sad heart. He promised to write her letters every day.


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[Assistant] He climbed down the wall and stood staring up at Juliet. Juliet's mind was very afraid.


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[Assistant] Romeo also felt afraid. If anyone saw him he would be in serious trouble. He quickly left.


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[Assistant] This was only the beginning of the lover's terrible tragedy.


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[Assistant] Romeo had only been gone from Verona for a few days. When the trouble began.


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[Assistant] Juliet's father decided that Juliet should marry a man named Paris.


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[Assistant] Her father did not know that his young daughter was already married. Paris was a young noble and handsome man.


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[Assistant] Juliet might have liked him very much if she had never met Romeo. But now she could love no one else. Juliet was very afraid.


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[Assistant] She tried to persuade Lord Capulet that she was too young to marry.


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[Assistant] She said that her cousin Tybalt's death had made her sad and ill. She couldn't marry anyone now.


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[Assistant] It would be terrible for the Capulets to celebrate a marriage so soon after Tybalt's death.


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[Assistant] Juliet gave her father every reason why she couldn't marry Paris. But the true one. But Lord Capulet would not listen.


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[Assistant] You will marry Paris on Thursday, which is in two days, he said firmly. He ordered Juliet to get ready for the wedding. Juliet didn't know what to do. She decided to go and talk to Friar Lawrence. Perhaps he could help her make a plan.


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[Assistant] After they had talked a while about the terrible situation, friar Lawrence had an idea. Lady Juliet, I think I can help you, but this plan is very strange. You must have courage.


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[Assistant] Said Juliet. Then here is what you must do. Go home and pretend to be happy. Tell your father you will marry Paris.


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[Assistant] Tomorrow night is the night before your marriage to Paris.


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[Assistant] You must drink this bottle of medicine which I am giving you.


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[Assistant] When you drink this medicine, you will fall asleep for almost two days. You will appear cold and dead. When they find you on Thursday morning, they will think you are dead.


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[Assistant] Then, your family will take you to be buried in the family tombs.


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[Assistant] Now, Lady Juliet, if you will do this, and not be afraid, then when you wake up, Romeo will be with you. I will tell Romeo of our plan. Romeo will come to the family tomb in the night. When you wake up, he will take you to Mantua. Juliet agreed to this plan. The friar gave her the medicine.


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[Assistant] When Juliet left the friar's house she met with Paris. She agreed to marry him in two days.


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[Assistant] This news made Lord and Lady Capulet very happy. Everyone was busy getting ready for the wedding. There would be feasting, dancing and music. On Wednesday night, Juliet took out the bottle. She felt a little afraid. What if the friar had given her poison? What if she woke up before Romeo came?


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[Assistant] Then she would be alone in the dark, cold tomb of the Capulet family. She would be surrounded by dead Capulets. Bloody Tybalt would be there. But her love for Romeo gave her courage.


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[Assistant] Julia drank the liquid and the next morning when Paris came to find her, she appeared to be dead. Paris was of course very upset.


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[Assistant] But his feelings were little compared to Juliet's parents. Juliet was their only child.


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[Assistant] Now, instead of a wedding, they were having a funeral.


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[Assistant] Meanwhile the friar had written a letter to Romeo which said,


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[Assistant] When you hear of Juliet's death, do not be sad.


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[Assistant] She is living. I have given her some sleeping medicine. The funeral is not real.


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[Assistant] Your lady will lay in the tomb for only a short time.


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[Assistant] You must go to her, and take her to Mantua.


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[Assistant] Unfortunately, bad news always travels faster than good. Romeo heard that his Juliet had died before the friar's letter reached him.


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[Assistant] Romeo immediately prepared to return to Verona, with one of his servants. He wanted to see his wife in her tomb. Romeo was so unhappy he wanted to die.


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[Assistant] On the way to Verona, he stopped at a medicine shop and bought some poison. He decided to kill himself, so he and Juliet would be together.


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[Assistant] So Romeo returned to Verona to see the dead Juliet, or so he thought. After I have kissed her cold lips, I will die too, he thought. Then we will be buried together.


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[Assistant] At midnight Romeo arrived at the Church of Arona. There were many tombs surrounding it. The largest was the Capulet's tomb.


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[Assistant] Romeo had a light with him and a spade and wrenching iron.


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[Assistant] He would use the tool to open the door of the tomb.


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[Assistant] As Romeo was doing this, he was interrupted by a shout. Horrible Montague! Someone cried. This was the young man, Paris.


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[Assistant] He had come to Juliet's tomb to put flowers on her grave. He saw Romeo and knew he was a Montague. Paris did not know why Romeo was there.


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[Assistant] He only knew that Romeo was the enemy of the Capulet family.


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[Assistant] Have you come here to disturb this lady's body, you criminal? said Paris angrily.


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[Assistant] Go away, I warn you. I killed Tybalt. And I will kill you too. Said Romeo coldly. Paris attacked Romeo. But Romeo was a good fighter. He killed Paris quickly and easily. Then, he broke into Juliet's tomb. There she lay. She looked fresh and beautiful. Death has no power over her. Her cheeks are as pink as roses. Romeo whispered.


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[Assistant] Next to Juliet's body lay the dead Tybalt. Romeo now felt sorry for Tybalt's death. Cousin Tybalt, do not be angry.


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[Assistant] I am about to do you good by killing your enemy, myself, said Romeo.


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[Assistant] Then Romeo kissed Juliet's cold lips and drank the poison he had bought. A minute later, he was dead. He never knew that Juliet was alive.


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[Assistant] The good priest, Friar Lawrence, learned that his letter hadn't reached Romeo. He came to the tomb to find Juliet.


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[Assistant] The friar saw light burning in the Capulet's tomb.


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[Assistant] Then he saw the open door, and then the bodies of Romeo and Paris.


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[Assistant] Before the friar had time to think, Juliet woke up. She saw the friar standing there.


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[Assistant] She asked the friar. But the friar only said, Lady Juliet, you must come out of there. Something terrible has happened. But before he could explain, the friar heard a noise. Someone was coming. Very afraid, he ran away. Now Juliet saw Romeo lying dead on the ground. The cup of poison was in his hands. She quickly guessed that he had killed himself.


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[Assistant] She said to Romeo. Then Juliet saw Romeo's knife.


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[Assistant] Quickly, she grabbed the knife and pushed it into her chest. She died by her lover Romeo's side. Then many people came running. Someone had seen Paris and Romeo fighting. And gone to find some soldiers.


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[Assistant] Soon everyone in the town of Orona knew something was happening at the Capulet's tomb.


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[Assistant] Soon all the noises woke up the Lord Capulet and the Lord Montague.


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[Assistant] When these two reached the graveyard they saw a terrible sight. Romeo and Juliet lay next to each other. Both dead.


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[Assistant] Then the friar who had returned told Lord Capulet and Lord Montague the whole sad story. He told them how Romeo and Juliet had met, fallen in love and secretly married. I was glad for this marriage. I was going to tell you about it, hoping that your quarrel would end, said the friar sadly.


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[Assistant] But before I could do so, Lord Capulet tried to make Juliet marry Paris. So Juliet and I created a plan, where Romeo would find her and take her to Mantua. But the plan failed. My letter to Romeo was late. I do not know why. Now they are both really and truly dead.


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[Assistant] As for Paris, I do not know why he also is here, he said sadly. One of Paris's servants then came forward. He explained that Romeo and Paris had fought, and Romeo had killed Paris.


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[Assistant] Then a servant of Romeo's explained that Romeo had written his parents a letter.


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[Assistant] The letter was only to be delivered if Romeo died.


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[Assistant] Romeo had written that he was sorry to cause his parents pain.


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[Assistant] But his love, Juliet, had died. So he wanted to die too.


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[Assistant] Fortunately for the Friar Lawrence, the Capulets and Montagues decided that he was not to blame for these sad deaths. Meanwhile, the Prince of Verona had arrived. Lord Capulet and Lord Montague, do you see what has happened now because of your quarrel? Both your children are dead. Dead because of love. God has punished you for your hatred, using the love of your children for each other.


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[Assistant] I will build a statue of your true and loyal daughter Juliet. No lady will be more respected than she. I also will build a statue. It will be a statue of your son Romeo.


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[Assistant] He loved my daughter so much that he died, rather than live without Juliet, said Lord Capulet sadly.


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[Assistant] So these two poor old men became friends again. The town of Verona was peaceful once again.


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[Assistant] But the price that these families paid for peace and friendship, the lives of their children, was too terrible.


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[Assistant] The lords could only hope that these lovers were together in heaven.


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[Assistant] How long has this been known to you, Elinor? I have known these four months.


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[Assistant] When Lucy first came to Barton Park last November, she told me of her engagement. At first, of course, I was upset. But it's been a long time and I can now speak of it with little emotion. Four months!


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[Assistant] You cared for me while I suffered and I was angry with you for being happy. I have treated you terribly.


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[Assistant] Poor young man. What will happen to him?


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[Assistant] I have never seen Lucy so angry in my life. I thought she would never speak to me after I told the Dashwoods of her engagements to Edward.


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[Assistant] She has forgiven me, however, and we are closer than ever before.


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[Assistant] That as he now had only two thousand pounds, quite a small fortune, she was free to end the engagement to find another husband.


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[Assistant] He begged her to consider as he did not want her to suffer in poverty with him.


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[Assistant] He never told her he was tired of her or that he wished to marry Miss Morton.


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[Assistant] Lucy refused, however, insisting that she would never leave him. Just then, however, my friend arrived, so I left to come to the park.


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[Assistant] I know, however, that Edward has spoken of going to Oxford to study to become a minister.


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[Assistant] I hope Miss Dashwood will be pleased receiving a letter from me, as you are a dear friend.


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[Assistant] And I wish to tell you of my good fortune.


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[Assistant] Edward and I are quite well as we are still desperately in love and hope to marry soon.


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[Assistant] My dear Edward has said he will disregard his mother's anger, as he could not leave me as he loves me too dearly.


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[Assistant] He will soon become a minister and will be looking for employment.


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[Assistant] I hope you will recommend him to anybody that is in need of a minister's services.


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[Assistant] Poor Anne was much to blame for what she did.


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[Assistant] But Edward and I are together, so I am no longer upset with her. I hope Mrs. Jennings will come visit us sometime soon. We would love to see her.


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[Assistant] Very well indeed. I wish I could employ him. She'd call me Dear Mrs. Jennings, you see.


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[Assistant] Chapter 25 Immediately, I went over to him and grabbed his arms. I wanted to keep him facing me, for just moments before, out the window, appeared the figure of Peter Quint.


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[Assistant] He had been approaching the house while we were speaking, and now he was standing just outside the window. His face looked as white and as evil as ever. I had to keep the boy from seeing him.


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[Assistant] The fight was now between me and the ghost outside. I had to protect Miles, and this was the only way I could. All that he had to do was tell me everything, and he would be saved.


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[Assistant] I pulled him closer to me and put my arms around him. His heart was beating very loudly and quickly. The whole time I held him.


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[Assistant] I never once moved my eyes away from the man in the window. For a quick moment, Peter Quint looked weaker than me. My courage then grew much greater. The man remained in the window, his eyes fixed on the boy and me.


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[Assistant] I felt that I was more powerful suddenly, and there was nothing that could prevent me from saving miles.


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[Assistant] You said nothing at all about me. Nothing at all. I held him tighter and kissed his face. He was covered in sweat.


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[Assistant] He seemed to be trying to remember. Eventually his memory did come back.


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[Assistant] I felt ashamed to be accusing such a beautiful, well-behaved boy of such things.


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[Assistant] His eyes searched the ceiling of the dining room and he took a deep breath. I... I said something upsetting.


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[Assistant] I did not think it was serious enough, but I don't know.


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[Assistant] He tried to think for a moment, but the memory did not seem to come back to him.


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[Assistant] I should have stopped there, but I was feeling so powerful, so successful, that I could not prevent myself from asking more questions.


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[Assistant] I... Something was preventing him from remembering.


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[Assistant] I can't. I just know that I told my friends. His dismissal now became even stranger to me.


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[Assistant] Then the idea suddenly came into my head that he might not have done anything wrong. If that were true, then I would feel guilty for having doubted him. I let go of his arms then. His eyes once again returned to the empty window.


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[Assistant] His nervousness seemed to grow as he looked outside at the gray sky. Yes, I suppose they told others. I suppose they told their friends.


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[Assistant] Yes, he said, turning back around to face me. They found out, I guess. Now that I think about it, what I said was quite terrible.


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[Assistant] For the horrible image of Peter Quint had once again returned to the window.


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[Assistant] I could see in the boy's eyes that he understood what was happening. I shouted at the face in the window.


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[Assistant] The boy became extremely anxious. His face turned white with anger and confusion. Do you mean that he is here?


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[Assistant] I asked, looking coldly into the boy's eyes. I can still hear his voice as he said, Peter Quint, where is he? He looked wildly in every corner of the room.


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[Assistant] When I turned toward Miles, he was already looking at the window. However, I could tell that he could see nothing there. And suddenly,


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[Assistant] He let out a terrible scream as his body fell toward the ground. I managed to catch him. I looked at him there in my arms.


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[Assistant] The room was silent, and so was his poor little heart. I had lost him.


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[Assistant] I stayed on the stairway until I felt pretty certain he would not return. When I came back to my room,


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[Assistant] The first thing I did was check to make sure that Flora was still sleeping.


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[Assistant] The one remaining candle that I had left in the bedroom had gone out. The room was very dark now.


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[Assistant] I walked over to her bed and held the candle above it. She was not there. Suddenly...


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[Assistant] All the fear that I had not felt earlier came into me.


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[Assistant] I lifted the blankets to see if she might be hiding there, but found nothing.


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[Assistant] Then, I noticed that the curtains were blowing much harder than before.


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[Assistant] I walked over to them, and my foot accidentally hit something. The bottom of the curtains began to move upward, and then little Flora appeared from behind. Standing there in the candlelight, she looked to me like an angel. But she seemed to be upset.


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[Assistant] I did not bother to question her about her own behavior.


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[Assistant] But did my best to make up a suitable explanation for her.


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[Assistant] I felt extremely calm now that I knew Flora was safe. It seemed that she had woken up while I was away and noticed that my bed was empty. She had been trying to find me afterward. Flora ran over to me and sat on my legs. Her face in the candlelight looked sleepy.


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[Assistant] I laid my head back against the chair and shut my eyes for a moment.


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[Assistant] My eyes were once again open. She had my full attention now.


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[Assistant] She answered, almost in a singing voice.


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[Assistant] It seemed that she had expected me to ask her this question. I knew that she was not telling me the truth.


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[Assistant] I wanted very much to tell her I knew she was lying. I wanted to question her and get the truth from her.


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[Assistant] I wished that I had said it instead of doing what I did next. I stood up suddenly and looked at her bed.


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[Assistant] She did not answer right away. She stood there before me, thinking for a moment.


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[Assistant] She did not seem to think that there was anything strange about her behavior.


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[Assistant] In fact, she had become quite bored with our conversation.


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[Assistant] Immediately she climbed back into bed and fell asleep. I however could not sleep.


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[Assistant] It was clear to me now just how important it was that I had returned.


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[Assistant] From that night, I made sure to watch the children and the house more closely. Once I felt that Flora was asleep, I would get up and search the home. In all the times I searched, Quint never once reappeared on the stairway.


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[Assistant] I did however have a different experience one night.


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[Assistant] After having searched the entire second floor of the house.


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[Assistant] I went to the stairway in order to go to the floor below and have a look around.


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[Assistant] As I began to walk down, I saw a woman sitting at the bottom of the staircase. We did not face each other, but I could see that she was upset.


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[Assistant] I stood watching her for about 20 seconds, and then she disappeared before me.


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[Assistant] I did not have to see her face to know that it was Miss Jessel.


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[Assistant] In fact, I am glad that I did not meet her on my way back upstairs, because her appearance frightened me more than Quint's. Her face, although very beautiful, was so white and evil looking.


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[Assistant] After almost two weeks of spending my nights this way, searching the house, I remembered beginning to feel the need for more sleep. One evening after I'd finished looking around, I decided to go to bed. I fell asleep right away. For three hours I slept very well. Then I woke up very suddenly.


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[Assistant] She had blown out my candle and... again.


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[Assistant] Covered her bed with the curtain in order to cheat me.


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[Assistant] And I knew, by the way she did not notice me, or the light of my match, that she could see something outside now.


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[Assistant] Her attention was completely given to whatever or whomever stood beyond the window. I even had time to put on my gown and shoes.


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[Assistant] She did not once move as I approached the window behind her.


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[Assistant] Meanwhile, looked for another window that I could look out of and watch them both.


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[Assistant] Having managed to open the bedroom door without Flora noticing, I walked into the hallway.


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[Assistant] I tried thinking which window had the best view of the lawn, and then remembered that Miles' room stood directly above the spot where I had seen the woman standing. But what if Miles were to awaken? He would know exactly what I was doing. I walked up to his door and listened for a while. It was possible that he might be awake as well, looking out of his window. Putting my ear to the door, the room sounded very quiet.


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[Assistant] I decided that I could not enter. He might not be doing anything wrong. And it was Flora that I was presently dealing with, not him. But where else could I go? An idea then came to me.


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[Assistant] There was a very large master bedroom down the hallway.


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[Assistant] Its position in the house was just in front of and below the tower Quint had stood watching me from.


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[Assistant] It was much too big to use as an actual bedroom, so for many years it had remained empty. When I say empty, I mean empty of people, for it was full of beautiful old furniture.


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[Assistant] I entered the room very quietly and then walked over to one of the windows.


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[Assistant] Once I managed to move away the curtain and open the window, I saw another person on the lawn. He was looking up in my direction, and for a moment I feared that I had been seen.


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[Assistant] However, I found that it was not me that the person was looking at. He was looking at a higher part of the house. He was looking at the tower. There was someone in the tower. All this time that I spent looking out at the figure, I felt ill with surprise and terror.


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[Assistant] For the figure down below was not whom I had expected to see. The person standing outside was Miles.


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[Assistant] All that I have to do to make myself happy again is sing a couple of dance songs.


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[Assistant] She will be fine after the doctors in London have taken care of her. This house has become unhealthy for her. Please take a seat and let's eat.


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[Assistant] Actually, she had been getting ill for quite a while. It did not happen as suddenly as you think.


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[Assistant] We did not know that her illness would continue for so long. We thought she would get better.


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[Assistant] For one week after this, the sun shone on the secret garden.


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[Assistant] Mary loved being inside the garden's walls safely hidden away from the world. It was like being in a magical land. Because of her time spent in the garden, Mary was beginning to like being outside. She no longer hated the strong winds.


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[Assistant] She found more and more little green plants every day.


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[Assistant] Mary did not care much about her looks, so this comment did not bother her. I know I'm fatter, she said. My dresses are a little tighter now. Look, Ben Weatherstaff, here comes the robin. The robin looked especially good that day.


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[Assistant] His little gray and red body was fat and shiny, and his black eyes were bright.


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[Assistant] He seemed to be trying to make Ben Weatherstaff admire him.


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[Assistant] The little bird looked at Ben and hopped so close that Mary could almost touch him. Then he did an amazing thing.


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[Assistant] He flew and sat on top of Ben's gardening tool, only inches from his face. Ben stood still as if he were afraid to breathe.


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[Assistant] He didn't want to say anything or the raven might fly away.


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[Assistant] Ben looked at his gardening tool as if it were a magic thing.


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[Assistant] Said Ben, But if you had one, what would you plant in it?


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[Assistant] Said Ben. But what if you wanted to grow flowers? What would you plant then? Continued Mary.


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[Assistant] Mary was excited. She remembered the rose vines in the secret garden.


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[Assistant] What happened to her roses? Did they die when she did?


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[Assistant] Mary was more and more excited. Ben Weatherstaff?


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[Assistant] When some roses have no leaves and look gray and brown and dry, how do you know if they're dead or alive? She cried. She had forgotten to be careful.


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[Assistant] She stayed with him for ten minutes more, asking him as many questions as she dared.


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[Assistant] He answered her in his strange way but Mary thought that he might be beginning to like her a little. She stayed with him until he said,


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[Assistant] Instead of being angry, Mary cheerfully told him goodbye and left.


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[Assistant] She thought to herself that she liked old Ben, although he was cross. She wanted to keep talking with him.


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[Assistant] And he seemed to know everything in the world about flowers.


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[Assistant] As Mary turned a corner, she saw a very strange thing. She couldn't believe her eyes. A boy was sitting under the tree, playing a little wooden pipe. He was a funny looking boy, about 12 years old. He had red cheeks and bright blue eyes. They were as blue and bright as the sky.


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[Assistant] But the most amazing thing was that there were animals all around him. A squirrel and two rabbits were sitting near him. They didn't seem afraid at all. They almost seemed to be listening to the music. When the boy saw Mary, he spoke to her in a low voice.


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[Assistant] The boy put his pipe in his pocket and stood up.


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[Assistant] So slowly that he hardly moved at all.


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[Assistant] When he did, the rabbits and squirrel moved away. They still didn't seem frightened, however.


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[Assistant] Mary realized that she had known this was Dickon from the beginning. Who else could it have been?


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[Assistant] He spoke to Mary as if he had known her a long time. However, Mary knew nothing about boys so she felt a little shy.


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[Assistant] He pointed to a little package on the ground.


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[Assistant] Will you show the seeds to me? Ask Mary.


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[Assistant] He explained to Mary how to water the seeds and what they would look like when they became flowers.


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[Assistant] Mary's face turned red, then white. She hadn't thought of this before. How could she tell Dickon about the secret garden? She didn't know what to say. Dickon saw her reaction.


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[Assistant] Mary's eyes were huge as she looked at him. I don't know anything about boys, she said slowly. If I tell you a very big secret, will you promise not to tell? If anyone else found out, I think I would die, she said almost angrily. But Dickon just smiled.


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[Assistant] No one has the right to take it away from me when I love it and they don't. They're letting it die, all alone," she said and burst into tears. Dickens' blue eyes grew bigger and bigger.


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[Assistant] He whispered, Mary got up at once.


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[Assistant] She was feeling a little like the old Mary, sour and angry but at the same time very worried and upset. I'll show you, she said. Mary took Dickon to the garden wall.


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[Assistant] It's a secret garden, and I'm the only one who wants it to be alive.


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[Assistant] Well, I've seen a lot of pretty days, but never one as nice as this.


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[Assistant] Go and make one of the servants bring some in a basket. You can go and meet them at the kitchen door.


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[Assistant] I don't want this afternoon to end, but I'll come back tomorrow and every day after that. I'll get fresh air every day. I've seen the spring now and I'll see the summer. I'll watch everything grow here and I'll grow here too. Certainly you will.


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[Assistant] We'll have you walking and digging with us before long.


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[Assistant] They're very thin and weak, however. I always thought I shouldn't walk. And all the doctors and nurses did too.


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[Assistant] So I haven't tried to for a long time. They shake so much that I'm afraid to try to stand up.


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[Assistant] When you stop being afraid, you'll stand on them.


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[Assistant] And you'll stop being afraid pretty soon. I will?


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[Assistant] I always knew you were a bad child. Always asking questions.


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[Assistant] I don't know why I made friends with you. Now, if it hadn't been for that Robin...


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[Assistant] That's ridiculous. Don't blame the Robin for this.


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[Assistant] Push me over there. I want to talk to that man.


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[Assistant] And you haven't got a bad back? Come here. Come here.


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[Assistant] There. Look at me, you. Just look at me.


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[Assistant] You're as thin and white as a ghost, but you'll grow up to be a man. I'm your master, while my father is gone.


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[Assistant] You must obey me. This is my garden. You cannot tell anyone we are here. Now, get down from the ladder. Miss Mary will meet you at the door and bring you to me. We did not want you, but now you have to know the secret too. Be quick. My boy.


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[Assistant] Now look at me. Do I have bad legs? Or a bad back? No sir.


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[Assistant] Everyone thought I was going to die, but I'm not. Of course you're not. Not you. You've got too much strength in you.


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[Assistant] Now, sit down on the rug for a while, young master, and give me my orders. What do you do here, Weatherstaff?


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[Assistant] Master Craven lets me stay here because... because your mother liked me. My mother?


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[Assistant] Yes, she loved it very much. She once said to me, Ben, if I'm ever ill, or I go away, you must take care of my roses. She loved those roses, like they were her children. Well, it's my garden now.


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[Assistant] I love it too. I will come here every day. Mary and Dickon have done a lot of work here. You cannot tell anyone. You will come here sometimes and help us. But you must come when no one can see you.


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[Assistant] Yes sir, I'll come whenever you want me to.


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[Assistant] Do you want to plant something, young master?


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[Assistant] I can get you a rose in a pot. Go and get it.


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[Assistant] Like a king does when he goes to a new place.


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[Assistant] The sun is going down. I want to be standing when it leaves the sky. Help me, Dickens.


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[Assistant] Good sir, your words are too kind. The saints have hands which people can touch, but they cannot kiss them.


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[Assistant] How strange it is that I should love the one man my family has told me to hate.


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[Assistant] This name is not part of you, it means nothing. If you give it up, you will have all of me.


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[Assistant] Do not think that because I loved you so soon after we met, I am not worthy.


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[Assistant] This Tybalt was already a prisoner of the law, because he killed Mercutio.


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[Assistant] Chapter 17. Amy's Will. While these things were happening at home,


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[Assistant] Amy was having a hard time at Aunt March's. She felt, for the first time in her life,


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[Assistant] How much she had been loved and cared for at home.


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[Assistant] Aunt March never gave her many words of encouragement, but she did try to be kind.


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[Assistant] For the well behaved little girl pleased her very much. She really did her best to make Amy happy. But what terrible mistakes she made.


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[Assistant] Amy was quite worried with all the rules and orders, as well as the ants' many long talks. Amy had to wash the cups every morning.


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[Assistant] And ten trips a day upstairs to get things for Mrs. March. After the tiresome work, she must do her lessons.


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[Assistant] Then she was allowed one hour of exercise or play.


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[Assistant] Lori came every day to visit the little girl, and after dinner, she had to read aloud and sit still while the old lady slept, which she usually did for an hour. The evenings were the worst of all.


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[Assistant] Her Aunt March told long stories about her youth. These stories were so dull that when the old lady was finished, Amy was always ready to go to bed, intending to cry all night.


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[Assistant] During her time at Aunt March's, Amy became dear friends with Esther, Aunt March's French servant, who had lived with Aunt March for several years. Esther was Aunt March's dearest friend.


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[Assistant] And told Amy some quite amusing stories about the old lady.


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[Assistant] Often she allowed Amy to look at the old lady's jewelry. And to examine and arrange these things gave Amy great satisfaction.


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[Assistant] I was present when she wrote her will, explaining where all her things would go if she dies.


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[Assistant] It is too soon for the young ladies to wear these things.


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[Assistant] I believe Mrs. March will give you the green ring you love so much when you return home, as she approves of your good behavior and charming manners.


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[Assistant] From that day on, she was more obedient than ever, and the old lady was quite pleased.


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[Assistant] Esther spent a great deal of time with the little girl.


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[Assistant] And so she offered to help Amy to build a little chapel in her closet where Amy could go to pray and think about her family.


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[Assistant] Esther was sincere in the advice she gave to the girl, as she was quite fond of her.


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[Assistant] When he arrived, she happily showed him the will, which he found quite amusing.


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[Assistant] And Lori put his arm around her, which was very comforting. When he had gone, she went to her little chapel and prayed for Beth, with tears running down her cheeks, feeling that a million green rings would not be enough to replace her gentle sister.


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[Assistant] Chapter 20 Together Mrs. Gross and I walked to the lake. It was not really a lake, but more like a pond.


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[Assistant] However, I still felt its size was impressive. Occasionally, I would take a boat with the children out on the lake, and we would sometimes have our lessons there. And during my many walks with Flora,


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[Assistant] I noticed that the lake was one of her favorite places to spend time. Mrs. Gross however, did not know this about the little girl.


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[Assistant] She was afraid that I was walking to the lake, because I guessed that Flora had drowned.


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[Assistant] We then continued toward the lake. Mrs. Groves stayed very near me. When we arrived, she let out a loud breath of relaxation, for Flora was nowhere to be seen.


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[Assistant] My companion pointed to a little forest to the right of the pond and suggested that we look there. I however,


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[Assistant] Was sure that Flora was in a boat somewhere out on the lake. Mrs. Gross looked out over the water.


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[Assistant] I then looked across the lake for possible hiding places.


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[Assistant] There were several that I could see. Places with lots of trees.


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[Assistant] She said, beginning to follow me close behind. The way around the lake was not easy.


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[Assistant] We had to climb over bushes and bend down low to pass under trees.


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[Assistant] Several times we had to stop for a moment and let Mrs. Groves take a break.


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[Assistant] Soon however, we reach the other side and...


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[Assistant] Within a group of small trees, we found the boat. It was tied to one of the tree branches.


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[Assistant] The boat was so safely hidden that it hardly seen the work of a child.


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[Assistant] But, by now I was used to strange experiences.


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[Assistant] We then walked on through the trees until we came to an open field.


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[Assistant] Not far from us, Flora sat on her knees, peeking a plant from the ground. She did not come toward us, but seemed to wait for us to go to her. She wore a big smile as we came toward her, but she never spoke a word. I was surprised by my calmness.


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[Assistant] Mrs. Gross, however, destroyed the silence by falling to her knees and taking the child in her arms with a cry of joy.


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[Assistant] As Flora was being held, she looked up at me with angry looking eyes.


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[Assistant] At that moment I envied the simple relationship between the children and Mrs. Groves. There was no anger between them, because they both happily pretended nothing was wrong. There was no more pretending between the children and me. When the housekeeper and Flora finally separated, Flora was the first to speak. She looked at both of us and said,


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[Assistant] She accepted my answer and then quickly changed the subject.


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[Assistant] I felt that she was throwing this in my face, so I decided to fight back.


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[Assistant] Truthfully, this was the best thing for Colin to hear. He hadn't told anyone about his fears, but if he had talked to his doctor or his nurses, he would have discovered that most of his illnesses and fears were created by himself.


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[Assistant] Now an angry little girl from India was telling him that his fears were silly. He hoped she was right.


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[Assistant] I don't approve of the matter, but I've made up my mind to bear it, and shall not say a word against it.


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[Assistant] Said Jo sincerely. You can't know how hard it is for me to give up Meg. She continued.


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[Assistant] I think it would, but no one knows what will happen in three years, said Joe thoughtfully.


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[Assistant] Coming home one warm day, at March went today, for which I'm joyful, said Joe.


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[Assistant] I was afraid she'd ask me to go with her on her trip.


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[Assistant] No, said Joe. That won't suit me. I've many new books to read. I'm going to spend all my time reading. Let's not do any lessons, Beth, for a while, but play all the time and rest, as the girls will do, suggested Amy.


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[Assistant] You may try your experiment for a week and see how you like it.


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[Assistant] I think by Saturday night, you will find that all play and no work is as bad as all work and no play.


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[Assistant] That's easy enough, and I like the idea. I've been wanting something to do.


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[Assistant] The funeral shall be this evening, and we will all go.


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[Assistant] Now don't cry, Beth. It's a pity, but nothing has gone right this week, and Pip has experienced the worst of the experiment. After the dinner party, we'll have a nice little funeral.


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[Assistant] Are you satisfied with your experiment, girls? Or do you want another week of it? She asked. I don't, cried Joe. Nor I, agreed the others.


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[Assistant] Suppose you learn a bit of cooking, Joe. That is quite useful.


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[Assistant] You understand how the comfort of home all depends on each doing her duties. While Hannah and I did your work, you did quite well, though I don't think you were very happy.


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[Assistant] Don't you feel that it is more pleasant to help one another to make home comfortable and lovely to us all? We do, Mother.


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[Assistant] Then you must take up your duties again tomorrow. I know they sometimes seem difficult, but they become easier with time.


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[Assistant] We'll work and love it too, said Joe. I'll learn to cook, so my next dinner party will be a success.


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[Assistant] Very good, then I am quite satisfied with the experiment and am sure we do not have to repeat it. Make each day both useful and pleasant.


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[Assistant] We will see the beds of pearls, but we will not see men fishing for them.


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[Assistant] As the season for pearl fishing has not yet begun. But, Professor Arunach,


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[Assistant] You are not afraid of sharks? Correct?


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[Assistant] Replied Captain Nemo. And you will be soon, as well. But we shall also have our weapons with us. So I will see you early tomorrow morning, sir.


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[Assistant] We are, Professor Urnash, said Captain Nemo. You see that bay over there? he asked, pointing in the distance. In a month, those waters will be filled with pearl divers.


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[Assistant] You will not need a gun. Here, this knife has a strong blade and will be much more useful for you.


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[Assistant] Just a year ago we were complaining over the sad Christmas we expected to have. Do you remember?


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[Assistant] I found out why she's giving me princess lessons. In too much shock to write. More later.


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[Assistant] But it is a great deal more of a triumph to be one all the time when no one knows it. A little princess, Frances Hodgson Burnett.


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[Assistant] It is almost noon. We will now go to the surface.


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[Assistant] I must attend to the Nautilus and my crew, so I must leave you," said the captain.


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[Assistant] We are currently 26 fathoms below the surface of the ocean. Here are maps of the oceans of the world. And now I must go.


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[Assistant] Can you tell me how many men are on board?


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[Assistant] Captain Nemo invites Professor Aranash on a hunting expedition.


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[Assistant] I hope you all eat well this morning.


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[Assistant] As the island has no hotels or restaurants for meals.


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[Assistant] I am pleased to see that you do not think I was crazy when I invited you for a hunting trip in the sea.


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[Assistant] A man can live in the water if he brings along breathable air, carried in a tank on his back. The tank is filled with air under pressure.


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[Assistant] The tanks I have are able to supply us with air for nine or ten hours.


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[Assistant] Which fire balls of air under great pressure?


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[Assistant] These balls also hold a smaller ball of glass which holds a metal bullet which is able to kill any animal, small or large.


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[Assistant] I'll never tell him. So I hope you'll forgive me, Meg. And I'll do anything to show how terribly sorry I am.


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[Assistant] It was horrible, and I don't deserve to be spoken to for a month. But you will though, won't you?


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[Assistant] She's with Maria, stop avoiding me, please. And sit here. At this table.


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[Assistant] I'm writing to Nicolai. You can add your letter. You know what I'm asking of you.


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[Assistant] Don't be devious, Sonia. I can't force you, but please remember that you were left an orphan.


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[Assistant] And yet you refuse to make the one sacrifice that would save the family.


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[Assistant] His freedom. He can marry Maria Balkanski. I'm convinced she loves him. Write to him. Give him back his promise. Do it. Now. Not now. Please.


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[Assistant] I'll write to him on my own later. I want you to write the letter in front of me. I'll send it today.


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[Assistant] Pierre Byatsukov, struggling with his conscience following his duel with Dolikov, encounters an old man who has a profound effect on his life. Meanwhile, Natasha Rostov is longing for love.


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[Assistant] The mighty Russians remain at war with Bonaparte as he continues to make his way towards our borders. There is only one small problem. Since Austerlitz and Katusov's disgrace, we have no one to lead us. The army is hungry.


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[Assistant] It wants bread, food, horses, forage for the horses, and if those things are not given, it simply takes them.


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[Assistant] Which will simply force one half of the army to shoot the other.


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[Assistant] Monday, October 6th, 3 AM.


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[Assistant] I've been up all night, worrying about getting caught cheating.


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[Assistant] What will happen if someone sees I have the quadratic formula written on my shoe? Will I be expelled?


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[Assistant] I don't want to be expelled, I mean,


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[Assistant] College. I might not get into college if it goes down on my permanent record that I'm a cheater. Not that I want to go to college, but


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[Assistant] What about Greenpeace? I'm sure Greenpeace doesn't want cheaters.


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[Assistant] Oh my god, what am I going to do?


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[Assistant] What did Katusov mean when he said the Partisans would do the rest? What is a Partisan?


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[Assistant] Saturday night, ladies room, tavern on the green. Okay, so, I lied. I brought this book anyway. I made Lars carry it.


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[Assistant] Well, it's not like he doesn't have room in that briefcase he carries around.


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[Assistant] I know it's filled with silencers and grenades and stuff, but I knew he could fit one measly journal into it. And I was right. So, I'm in the bathroom at the tavern on the green.


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[Assistant] The ladies room here isn't as nice as the one at the plaza. There isn't a little stool to sit on in my stall, so I'm sitting on the toilet with the lid down.


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[Assistant] I can see a lot of fat lady's feet moving around outside my stall door.


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[Assistant] There are a whole lot of fat ladies here, mostly for this wedding between a very Italian looking dark haired girl who needs a good eyebrow waxing, and a skinny red headed boy named Burgess.


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[Assistant] Burgess gave me the old eyeball when I walked into the dining room. I am not kidding.


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[Assistant] I first married man, even if he has only been married about an hour and looks my age, this dress is the bomb. Dinner's not so great as I thought it would be, though.


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[Assistant] I mean, I know from Cromare which fork to use and all that and to tilt my soup bowl away from me, but that's not it. It's Josh.


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[Assistant] Don't get me wrong, he looks totally hot in his tux. He told me he owns it. Last year


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[Assistant] We're the first to say open here, so you knew which end was the one you were supposed to try to open.


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[Assistant] Those two little words earn the guy half a billion dollars, Josh says. I don't know why he told me this.


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[Assistant] Tiny white roses tied together with pink ribbon. Totally gorgeous. It must have cost him ten dollars at least.


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[Assistant] I couldn't help thinking though that he'd originally picked it out for another girl with a different colored dress and shook my dad's hand. He said, it's a pleasure to meet you, your highness.


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[Assistant] Which made my mom start laughing really loud. She can be so embarrassing sometimes. Then he turned to my mom and said, You're Mia's mother?


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[Assistant] Oh my gosh, I thought you must be her college-aged sister. Which is a totally toolish thing to say.


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[Assistant] I guess I am not the only Thermopolis woman to fall under the spell of Josh Richter's blue eyes.


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[Assistant] Then, my dad cleared his throat and started asking Josh a whole lot of questions about what kind of car he was driving, his dad's BMW, where we're going, duh, and what time we would be back. In time for breakfast, Josh said. My dad didn't like that though, and Josh said, what time would you like her back, sir? Sir, Josh Richter called my dad, sir. And my dad looked at Lars and said, one o'clock at the latest.


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[Assistant] Which I thought was pretty decent of him, since my normal curfew is 11 on weekends.


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[Assistant] Of course, considering that Lars was going to be there and there wasn't anything that could actually happen to me, it was kind of bogus that I couldn't stay out as late as I wanted.


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[Assistant] But, Calmer told me a princess should always be prepared to compromise, so I didn't say anything.


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[Assistant] Then my dad asked Josh some more questions, like where he was going to college in the fall, he hasn't decided yet, but he's applying to all the IVs, and what does he plan on studying? Business.


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[Assistant] And then my mom asked him, what was wrong with the liberal arts education? And Josh said he was really looking for a degree that would guarantee him a minimum salary of 80,000 a year. To which my mom replied that there are more important things than money. And then I said,


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[Assistant] Josh and Lars and I went down to Josh's dad's car and Josh held the door to the front seat open for me and then Lars said,


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[Assistant] Why didn't he drive so Josh and I could sit in the back and get to know each other? I thought this was way nice of Lars.


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[Assistant] But when Josh and I got in the back, we didn't have a whole lot to say to each other. I mean, Josh was like, You look really nice in that dress. And I said I liked his tux and thanked him for my corsage.


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[Assistant] And then we didn't say anything for like 20 blocks. I am not even kidding.


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[Assistant] I was so embarrassed. I mean, I don't hang around with boys that much, but I've never had that problem with the ones I have hung around with.


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[Assistant] I mean, Michael Moskovitz practically never shuts up.


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[Assistant] I couldn't understand why Josh wasn't saying anything.


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[Assistant] I thought about asking him who he'd rather spend eternity with if it was the end of the world and he had to choose, Renona Ryder or Nicole Kidman, but I didn't feel like I knew him well enough.


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[Assistant] Finally, Josh broke the silence by asking if it was true my mom was dating Mr. Giannini.


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[Assistant] Well, I should have expected that to get around. Maybe not as fast as my being a princess, but it had gotten around alright. So I said,


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[Assistant] Yes, it was true. And then Josh wanted to know what that was like.


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[Assistant] But then, for some reason, I couldn't tell him about seeing Mr. G in his underwear at my kitchen table. It just didn't seem, I don't know, I just couldn't tell him. Isn't that funny? I had told Michael Moskovitz without even having been asked.


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[Assistant] But I couldn't tell Josh, even though he had looked into my soul and everything. Weird, huh?


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[Assistant] Then, after like a zillion more blocks of silence, we pulled up in front of the restaurant and Lars surrendered the car to the valet and Josh and I went in.


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[Assistant] Lars promised he wouldn't eat with us. He said he'd just stand by the door and look at everybody who arrived in a mean way like Arnold Schwarzenegger.


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[Assistant] And it turned out all of Josh's entourage was meeting us here, which I didn't know but was kind of relieved to see. I mean,


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[Assistant] I'd sort of been dreading sitting there for another hour or so with nothing to say. But thank God.


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[Assistant] All the guys in the crew team were at this big long table with their cheerleader girlfriends.


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[Assistant] The girls all complimented me on my dress and asked me questions about being a princess, like,


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[Assistant] How weird was it to wake up and see your picture on the front of the post and do you ever wear a crown and stuff like that? They're all much older than me. Some of them are seniors, so they're pretty mature.


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[Assistant] None of them have made any comments about how I have no chest or anything like Lana would have if she'd been here. But then, if Lana were here, I wouldn't be.


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[Assistant] The table's been through three bottles already and Josh just keeps ordering more since his dad gave him his Platinum American Express card for the occasion.


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[Assistant] I just don't get it. Can't the waiters tell he's only 18 and that most of his guests are even younger than that?


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[Assistant] And how can Josh sit there and drink so much? What if Lars hadn't been here to drive? Josh would be driving his dad's BMW half sloshed. How irresponsible can you get? And Josh is class fellow Victorian. And then, without even asking me, Josh ordered dinner for the whole table. Filet mignon for everyone.


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[Assistant] I guess that's very nice and all, but I won't eat meat, not even for the most sensitive boy in the world. And he hasn't even noticed I haven't touched my food.


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[Assistant] Maybe I could sneak out of here and get Lars to pick up a veggie wrap for me from Emerald Planet. And the funny thing is...


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[Assistant] The more champagne Josh has to drink, the more he keeps on touching me.


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[Assistant] He keeps on putting his hand on my leg under the table. At first I thought it was a mistake


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[Assistant] Maybe he's just feeling less inhibited with Lars not hovering around two feet away. Well I guess I should go back out there.


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[Assistant] I just wish Josh had told me we were meeting his friends.


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[Assistant] Then maybe I could have invited Tina, Hakim, Baba and her date, or even Lily and Boris. Then at least I'd have someone fun to talk to. Oh well, here goes nothing.


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[Assistant] The ancestry of my family on my father's side can be traced back to AD 568.


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[Assistant] Who appeared to be suffering from what today would be called an authoritarian personality disorder?


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[Assistant] He decided to marry Rosagunda, the daughter of one of the old king's generals.


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[Assistant] Only, Rosagunda didn't much like Albion after he made her drink wine out of her dead dad's skull.


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[Assistant] And so she got back at him the night of their wedding by strangling him with her braids while he slept. With Albion dead, the old king of Italy's son took over.


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[Assistant] He was so grateful to Rosagunda that he made her princess of an area that is today known as the country of Genovia. According to the only existing records of that time, Rosagunda was a kind and thoughtful ruler. She is my great-grandmother times about 60.


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[Assistant] She is one of the primary reasons why today, Genovia has some of the best literacy.


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[Assistant] Infant mortality and employment rates in all of Europe.


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[Assistant] The Thermopolis's were goat herders on the island of Crete until the year 1904.


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[Assistant] When Dionysus Thermopolis, my mom's great-grandfather, couldn't take it anymore and ran away to America.


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[Assistant] He eventually settled in Versailles, Indiana, where he opened an appliance store. His offspring have been running the handy-dandy hardware store on the Versailles, Indiana courthouse square ever since. My mom says her upbringing would have been much less oppressive, not to mention more liberal, back in Crete.


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[Assistant] Top 5 best things about being in love with your best friend's brother. 1.


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[Assistant] Get to see him in his natural environment, not just at school, thus allowing you access to vital information like difference between his school personality and real personality. Two, get to see him without a shirt on. Three, get to see him all the time. Four,


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[Assistant] Get to see how he treats his mother, sister, housekeeper.


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[Assistant] Critical clues as to how he will treat any prospective girlfriend. 5. Convenient


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[Assistant] You can hang out with your friend and spy on the object of your affections at the same time.


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[Assistant] Top 5 worst things about being in love with your best friend's brother. 1. Can't tell her. 2. Can't tell him because he might tell her. 3.


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[Assistant] Can't tell anyone else because they might tell him or worse, her. Four.


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[Assistant] He will never admit to his true feelings because you are his little sister's best friend. Bye.


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[Assistant] You are continuously thrust into his presence, knowing that he will never think of you as anything but his little sister's best friend for as long as you live.


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[Assistant] Principal Gupta somehow found out about my giving Michael some of my codeine cough syrup and I got called out of bio and sent to her office to discuss my trafficking of controlled substances on school grounds. Oh my god, I really and truly thought I was going to get expelled then and there.


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[Assistant] I explained to her about the ibuprofen and the Bartok, but Principal Gotoh was totally unsympathetic. Even when I brought up all the kids who stand outside the school and smoke, do they get in trouble for bumming cigarettes off one another? And what about the cheerleaders and their dexatrim?


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[Assistant] But Principal Gupta said cigarettes and dexatrim are different from narcotics.


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[Assistant] She took my codeine cough syrup away and told me I could have it back after school. She also told me not to bring it to school on Monday.


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[Assistant] I didn't even know about the Hank part until Lars got a call on his cell phone from my mother.


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[Assistant] She was very annoyed because her mother had called her at the studio screaming hysterically because Hank was missing from his hotel room. Mom wanted to know if Hank had shown up at school, which to the best of my knowledge she had not. Then Lily didn't show up for lunch. She wasn't even very subtle about it either. We were doing the presidential fitness exam in PE and just as it was her turn to climb the rope, Lily started complaining that she had cramps.


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[Assistant] Since Lily complains that she has cramps every single time the presidential fitness exam rolls around, I wasn't suspicious. Mrs. Potts sent Lily to the nurse's office and I figured I'd see her at lunch miraculously recovered. But then she didn't show up for lunch.


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[Assistant] A consultation with the nurse revealed that Lily's cramps had been of such severity she'd decided to go home for the rest of the day. Cramps.


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[Assistant] Remembering the mauler we'd been subjected to yesterday, everyone is being careful not to remark how coincidental it is that Lily is sick and Hank is missing in action at the same time.


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[Assistant] Nobody wants to have to resort to the gym mats again. Those things were heavy. As a precaution,


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[Assistant] Michael is trying to keep Boris busy with a computer game he invented called Decapitate the Backstreet Boy. In it,


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[Assistant] You get to hurl knives and axes and stuff at members of the Backstreet Boys.


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[Assistant] The person who cuts the heads off the most backstreet boys moves up another level.


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[Assistant] Where he gets to cut off the heads of the boys 98 degrees, then in sync, etc.


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[Assistant] The player who cuts off the most heads gets to carve his initials on Ricky Martin's naked chest.


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[Assistant] I can't believe Michael only got a B on this game in his computer class, but the teacher took points off because he felt it wasn't violent enough for today's market. Mrs. Hill is letting us talk today.


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[Assistant] I know it's because she doesn't want to have to listen to Boris play Mahler or worse, Wagner.


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[Assistant] I went up to Mrs. Hill after class yesterday and apologized for what I said on TV about her always being in the teacher's lounge, even though it was the truth. She said not to worry about it.


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[Assistant] I'm pretty sure this is because my dad sent her a DVD player along with a big bunch of flowers the day after the interview was broadcast. She's been a lot nicer to me since then. You know...


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[Assistant] I find all of this stuff about Lily and Hank very difficult to process.


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[Assistant] I mean Lily, of all people turning out to be such a slave to lust, because she can't genuinely be in love with Hank. He's a nice enough guy and all, and very good looking.


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[Assistant] But let's face it, his elevator does not go all the way up.


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[Assistant] Lily, on the other hand, belongs to Mensa. Or at least, she could if she didn't think it hopelessly bourgeois.


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[Assistant] Plus, Lily isn't exactly what you'd call a traditional beauty. I mean, I think she's pretty, but according to today's admittedly limited ideal of what attractive is, Lily doesn't really pass muster.


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[Assistant] She's much shorter than me and kind of chunky and has that sort of squished in face.


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[Assistant] Not really the type you'd expect a guy like Hank to fall for. So...


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[Assistant] I just realized that if my mom marries Mr. Giannini, it means he'll be living here. I mean, my mom would never move to Brooklyn where he lives.


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[Assistant] She always says the subway aggravates her antipathy toward the corporate hordes. I can't believe it.


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[Assistant] I'm going to have to eat breakfast every morning with my algebra teacher.


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[Assistant] And what happens if I accidentally see him naked or something? My mind could be permanently scarred.


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[Assistant] I better make sure the lock on the bathroom door is fixed before he moves in. Now my throat hurts in addition to my head.


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[Assistant] Unfortunately, it appears that Lily is not the only one who noticed the ads for tonight's broadcast. Everybody is talking about it. I mean, EVERYBODY. And everybody says they are going to watch it.


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[Assistant] Which means by tomorrow, everyone will know about my mom and Mr. Giannini.


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[Assistant] Not that I care. There's nothing to be ashamed of. Nothing at all. Pregnancy is a beautiful and natural thing. Still...


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[Assistant] I wish I could remember more about what Beverly and I talked about.


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[Assistant] Because I am sure my mom's impending marriage is not all we discussed.


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[Assistant] And I am totally worried I said other stuff that will come off sounding stupid.


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[Assistant] I have decided that I should look more closely into that homeschooling idea just in case.


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[Assistant] Tita Hakim Baba told me that her mother, who was a supermodel in England before she married Mr. Hakim Baba, used to get interviewed all the time.


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[Assistant] Mrs. Hakeem Baba says that as a courtesy, the interviewers would send her a copy of the tape before it aired. So if she had any objections, she could straighten them out before the thing was broadcast.


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[Assistant] This sounded like a good idea, so at lunch I called my dad and his hotel suite and asked them if he could get Beverly to do that for me. He said hold on, and asked her.


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[Assistant] It turns out Beverly was right there. In my dad's hotel room. On a Monday afternoon.


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[Assistant] Then to my utter mortification, Beverly Belle Reeve actually got on the phone and said, what's the matter Mia?


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[Assistant] Beverly said a bunch of stuff about how adorable I was and how that wouldn't be necessary.


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[Assistant] No wonder my dad hasn't let her out of his hotel room since Saturday.


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[Assistant] Two cars, one going north at 40 mph and one going south at 50 mph, leave town at the same time.


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[Assistant] In how many hours will they be 360 miles apart? Why does it matter? I mean, really.


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[Assistant] You will not believe what got delivered to our house while I was gone. I was sure it was a mistake until I saw the following attached. I am going to kill my mother.


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[Assistant] Jefferson Market, the freshest produce guaranteed, fast free delivery. Order number 2803. One package microwave cheese popcorn. One case you-hoo chocolate drink.


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[Assistant] One jar cocktail olives. One bag oreos. One container fudge ripple ice cream. One package all beef hot dogs. One package hot dog buns. One package string cheese.


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[Assistant] One bag milk chocolate chips. One bag barbecue potato chips. One container beer nuts.


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[Assistant] One bag Milano cookies. One jar sweet gherkins. Toilet paper. Six pound ham.