The Glass Slipper

Ella:
The son of cook in the palace of the Duc.

Ella:
Who is Mrs. Toquet?

Widow Sonder:
Isn't she the crazy old woman who lives in the woods, she's harmless but she steals.

[adjusting Serafina's stays]

Ella:
Has she always been like that? I mean has she always...

Widow Sonder:
They say she was once a grand lady and lived on the hill. But she took to reading books and went from bad to worse, stuffed her head with full of ideas, and now she's a bit addled.

Serafina:
A bit addled? Oh, Mother! She's as crazy as a cockroach.

Kovin:
[taps charles with his pipe] You're not well Charles. You're not yourself.

Kovin:
Kovin: You know what ails you. Careful Charles, remember your special weakness.

Prince Charles:
[playing the melody to "climbing rose" on the piano] She's frightened sad and hurt. afraid to hope, expecting ridicule. A tender heart half afraid to love.

Kovin:
Oh careful Charles.

Prince Charles:
[upset, he stops playing] Why be careful? Every man has his own special vulnerability. I once knew a man who couldn't resist fat women; women with rolls. Another who fell madly in love with everytime a woman slapped his face, well this is mine. [smiles, and resumes playing, this time a more jovial variation of the tune] Why go against nature?

Cousin Loulou:
I should like to present my cousin Mrs. Sonder, and her two daughters Birdena and Serafina.

Kovin:
[interrupts, elbowing his way between Birdena and the Widow] Charles. I beg your pardon.

Birdena:
It's a great privilege, Your Highness. I'm looking forward to hearing about your travels.

Serafina:
Oh yes! We're very fond of Paris.

Prince Charles:
Oh, you know Paris?

Birdena:
Oh, we don't precisely know Paris, but we're very devoted to it, aren't we, Cousin Loulou? It's so French!

Ella:
Why, Mrs. Toquet!

Mrs. Toquet:
Why not Mrs. Toquet?

Mrs. Toquet:
What's your name?

Ella:
Elle, but they won't even call me by name! They call me, Edwin and Willy and the others, because of the ashes they call me Cinderella.

Mrs. Toquet:
Cinderella... Cin-der-el-la. Such a beautiful word, I like it very much. There are other words I like very much, like windowsill and elbow. El-bow. And I like Apple Dumpling too. Apple dumpling, it's a comical word. Apple Dumpling. Pickle Relish! That has a nice snap to it! What happened to your hair?

Ella:
Your shoes are getting wet!

Mrs. Toquet:
Oh, it's the water...