Anastasia1997

Anya:
Go away, Dimitri.

[The door opens and Dowager Empress Marie comes in]

Anya:
[finally turns around and noticed Dowager Empress Marie] Oh, I'm sorry. I... I thought you were...

Dowager Empress Marie:
I know very well who you thought I was. Who exactly are you?

Anya:
Eh...I ...I was hoping you could tell me.

Dowager Empress Marie:
[signs] My dear, I'm old and I'm tired of being conned and tricked.

Anya:
I don't want to trick you.

Dowager Empress Marie:
And I suppose the money doesn't interest you either?

Anya:
I just want to know who I am whether or not I belong to a family, your family.

Dowager Empress Marie:
You're a very good actress. The best yet, in fact. But I've had enough. [starts to leave]

Anya:
[after smelling a scent] Peppermint?

Dowager Empress Marie:
[holds her steps, still suspicious] An oil for my hands.

Anya:
Yes. I spilled a bottle. The carpet was soaked and it forever smelled of peppermint. Like you. I used to lie there on that rug and, oh, how I missed you when you went away. When you came here, to Paris.

[Dowager Empress Marie notices Anya, playing with a key around her neck]

Dowager Empress Marie:
[pointing to the key] What is that?

Anya:
[holding the key] This? Well, I've always had it... Ever since before I can remember.

Dowager Empress Marie:
[holding out her hand] May I? [Anya takes off the key and hands it to her] It was our secret. My Anastasia's and mine. [takes the music box from her bag.]

Anya:
The music box. [takes the music box from Dowager Empress Marie] To sing me to sleep when you were in Paris. [Takes the key and begins humming the lullaby. The the music box begins to play and Anya starts to sing the lullaby and Dowager Empress Marie joins in to the end]

Dowager Empress Marie:
[with cracking voice] Oh Anastasia! My Anastasia!

[Anya and Marie throw their arms around each other in an emotional embrace while Dimitri is on the street looking up at the window as he blows a kiss and he sadly walks away.]