FOUR STEPS TO THE RIGHT,
SPIN TWO TIMES, AND FROM THE TOP AGAIN.
PLACE YOUR LEFT HAND ON MY SHOULDER.
NOW THEN...
SHALL WE DANCE?
OH...
ALRIGHT!
ONE.
TWO.
THREE.
FOUR.
LET GO...
...AND TURN.
WELL?
NOT TOO HARD, IS IT?
I WANT TO KEEP DANCING.
JUST A BIT MORE...
...WITH THIS MAN.
THEN IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME.
THANK YOU...
COME. AREN'T YOU HUNGRY?
YES...
HEY, THAT'S NOT FAIR, YOUR HIGHNESS!
YOU CAN'T JUST WHISK HER AWAY LIKE THAT!
THAT'S RIGHT!
I WANTED TO TALK WITH HER MORE!
EXACTLY!
IT WAS THE PERFECT CHANCE, YOU KNOW!
THE GUEST OF THE ASTRIDS...
...WILL BE TREATED AS AN ASTRID.
OH...
WELL...
UHM...
MIND YOUR MANNERS. THERE ARE EYES WATCHING, YOU KNOW.
EVEN I AM SPEAKING POLITELY TO YOU BECAUSE THIS IS A PUBLIC EVENT, RIGHT?
O-OF COURSE, SIR...
MS. JUVERN.
YES, LADY SEYMOUR?
WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO TO MARRY PRINCE NOAH?
ISABEL SEYMOUR THE SECOND CHILD OF THE SEYMOUR FAMILY
HMM...
IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME. ARE YOU WILLING TO WAIT?
OF COURSE.
JUST THINK OF A WAY.
BWAHAHA!!!
YOU SEE THAT?! WALTER'S FINALLY OFF THE FRONT PAGE!
BWAHAHAHA!!
ALRIGHT, IT'S A NEW DAY! CALL MS. LIBERTY AT ONCE! BRING IN THE JOURNALISTS!!!
OF COURSE, YOUR MAJESTY...
THAT'S...!
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN IT IN PERSON, BUT I CAN RECOGNIZE IT AT ONCE!
IT'S MY--
IT'S THE MAGIC DOME DESIGNED BY OLIVER.
OH, RIGHT...
IT WAS DESIGNED BY OLIVER.
EVEN THE SOCIAL HIERARCHY IS FALLING BY THE WAYSIDE...
YET THEY REFUSE TO GRANT YOU PATENT RIGHTS BECAUSE YOU'RE A WOMAN?
IT'S SO FOOLISH IT'S LAUGHABLE.
OLIVIA,
MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE SOME KIND OF PROOF THAT YOU'RE OLIVER.
OF COURSE, I'VE KEPT IT SAFE.
NEVER SURRENDER, OLIVIA.
ONE DAY, THE MOMENT WILL COME TO REVEAL THE TRUTH TO THE WORLD.
THEN YOU WILL BE ADDING ANOTHER ITEM TO YOUR LIST OF FIRSTS.
YOU THINK OF ME TOO HIGHLY, PROFESSOR.
IS THAT SO?
THEN THE NAME OF THE RENOWNED HEROLINGTON UNIVERSITY MUST BE A JOKE.
OH, STOP IT, MA'AM!
OH, THE OTHERS MUST HAVE ARRIVED!
OH, MS. LIBERTY! YOU'VE ARRIVED EARLY.
GREETINGS, YOUR MAJESTY.
MARGOT, I DIDN'T THINK YOU WERE COMING...
I DIDN'T COME FOR YOU, YOUR MAJESTY.
NOT TOO HARD, IS IT?
WHY AM I SUDDENLY THINKING ABOUT THAT?
WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT...
AUNTIE!!!
LUCY THERESE ASTRID KING LEONARD'S ONLY DAUGHTER
LUCY THERESE!
HAVE YOU BEEN WELL, AUNTIE?
OF COURSE I'VE BEEN.
HOW ABOUT YOU, MY DARLING?
HOW ADORABLE...
SHE'S SO PRETTY...!
GREETINGS, YOUR HIGHNESS. MY NAME IS OLIVIA LIBERTY.
IT'S AN HONOR TO MEET YOU.
NICE TO MEET YOU! I'M LUCY THERESE ASTRID.
SO...
NOW THAT WE'RE ALL HERE, LET'S TAKE A PICTURE, SHALL WE?
OH, THE WIND...
WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE THE PHOTO AGAIN IF I MOVE TO BRUSH AWAY HER HAIR.
THAT WOULD BE A NUISANCE.
EVERYONE SMILE!
THREE, TWO, ONE!
VERY GOOD!
This chapter opens with a dance lesson scene; steps are rehearsed by counting, and the dancing woman wants to dance a little more with this man. It then moves to the royal circle, where it is announced that the Astrids' guest will be regarded as an Astrid. Lady Seymour declares that she wants to marry Prince Noah, as Isabel Seymour is introduced. Newspaper headlines, the magic dome signed by Oliver, and Olivia's inability to obtain a patent because she is a woman come to the fore. The chapter ends with the arrival of Princess Lucy Therese Astrid and a group photo shoot.
