[The only thing I've got now. Based on "Somewhere They Can't Find Me" by
Simon and Garfunkel.]
The Counterpoint of Armand San Just
EXT: Night, PARIS, 1791. The boudoir of LOUISE L'ANGEE. ARMAND lies
half-clothed in a bed with rumpled sheets beside a likewise garbed
LOUISE as she lies sleeping on her stomach, red-gold curls and downy
bangs dripping down her back. Through a frosted window the moon is seen
over the Parisian streets.
ARMAND, in a gentle, rough whisper:
I can hear the soft breathing of the girl that I love
As she lies here beside me, asleep with the night
He rises from the bed, beginning to dress.
ARMAND (VO)
And her hair in a fine mist floats on my pillow
Reflecting the glow of the winter moonlight
He opens a back window and slips out into a dirty alley, leaving a
letter in red ink on her vanity.
ARMAND (VO)
But I've got to creep down the alley way
He lands catlike in the alley.
ARMAND (VO)
Fly down the highway
Motionless back shot from below as he tears down a narrow street on a
bay stallion.
ARMAND (VO)
Before they come to catch me I'll be gone
EXT: CHAUVELIN hears news of escaped prisoners at his office, where he
sits in frustrated, overworked insomnia.
ARMAND (VO)
Somewhere they can't find me
EXT: A Parisian house, where Armand slows and stops his horse, nods to
SIR TONY and SIR ANDREW, who wake fully and go to a hidden door in the
place, from behind which several aristocrats emerge. The members of
League get them on horses and disguised, and the whole of them ride off.
EXT: The boudoir. LOUISE wakes, startled by something. She pulls on a
white robe, looking with nervous fright around for ARMAND, rising and
moving swiftly to her vanity, opening the letter.
ARMAND (VO)
Oh baby, you don't know what I've done
I've committed a crime; I've broken the law
She finishes the letter and glances at a cartoon cut from an English
paper, with French guards raving drunk from the blood of their dead
aristocrats. Red-gold brows furrowed, she suddenly realizes that he has
departed yet again for actions of the League, which she has been aware
of for a measure of time after being rescued by them.
ARMAND (VO)
While you were here sleeping and just dreaming of me
I've help up and robbed a liquor store
She lights a candle and burns the cartoon, holding the letter to her
breast as she moves to the window
ARMAND (VO)
But I've got to creep down the alley way
Fly down the highway
EXT: ARMAND and the others ride to a harbor.
ARMAND (VO)
Before they come to catch me I'll be gone
An English flag flies over the ship he pulls up his horse at.
ARMAND (VO)
Somewhere they can't find me
He send the men and stolen prisoners on board, preparing swiftly, and
setting sail nigh-as-soon as they are on. He moves to the prow, staring
at his hands as they rest on the railing.
ARMAND
Oh my life seems unreal, my crime an illusion
Ext: CHAOS' REALM. CHAOS chews on the feathered tip of a scarlet quill,
a manuscript clutched in a burgundy-taloned hand.
ARMAND (VO)
A scene badly written in which I must play
DEATH, standing by the Red Goddess' throne, gives Her A LOOK.
And though it puts me uptight to leave you
Ext: At the prow, ARMAND grips the railing so hard as to drive
splinters beneath his fingernails, and stares with mourning and self-
loathing as the French coast vanishes from view.
ARMAND (VO)
I know it's not right to leave you
The morning is just a few hours away
TIME elapses, and the sun rises as they appear on the English coast.
ARMAND (VO)
But I've got to creep down the alley way
The men and prisoners deboard, and SIR PERCY walks towards them from
the dock from where he'd been waiting for their arrival. He and ARMAND
embrace, and ARMAND says some simple thing to him which we cannot hear.
PERCY looks distantly up at the high cliffs above and the road leading
to Blakeny Manor, and nods to ARMAND once.
ARMAND (VO)
Fly down the highway
EXT: ARMAND is inside the great house, moving down the corridors on one
of the upper floors.
ARMAND (VO)
Before they come to catch me I'll be gone
He enters MARGUERITE'S room, bowing with a plaintive sort of formality,
before she rushes forward and embraces him, making him grin. She asks
him where he has been, though we do not hear the words. He stares
vaguely out the window and replies, though we do not hear it, and says
it with a smile, petting a white kitten sitting on Marguerite's vanity
absently.
LOUISE
Somewhere
The side of the view with MARGUERITE and the kitten fades to black, as
does the background, leaving ARMAND standing alone, looking off to the
left.
ARMAND
They can't find me
EXT: PARIS, LOUISE stands at the window of her boudoir, clutching the
letter, staring at the moon, and unseeingly at the overlap of the lone
ARMAND. This letter she did not know was not only to be a warning of
his current activities, but also a parting, until that if or when he
could come again. If he did, he swore to make her his wife and bring
her to England with him.
She looks down at her hands and turns away from the window, and ARMAND
and the moon both fade to black.
She hopes he will return soon.
FADE TO BLACK.
END.
Simon and Garfunkel.]
The Counterpoint of Armand San Just
EXT: Night, PARIS, 1791. The boudoir of LOUISE L'ANGEE. ARMAND lies
half-clothed in a bed with rumpled sheets beside a likewise garbed
LOUISE as she lies sleeping on her stomach, red-gold curls and downy
bangs dripping down her back. Through a frosted window the moon is seen
over the Parisian streets.
ARMAND, in a gentle, rough whisper:
I can hear the soft breathing of the girl that I love
As she lies here beside me, asleep with the night
He rises from the bed, beginning to dress.
ARMAND (VO)
And her hair in a fine mist floats on my pillow
Reflecting the glow of the winter moonlight
He opens a back window and slips out into a dirty alley, leaving a
letter in red ink on her vanity.
ARMAND (VO)
But I've got to creep down the alley way
He lands catlike in the alley.
ARMAND (VO)
Fly down the highway
Motionless back shot from below as he tears down a narrow street on a
bay stallion.
ARMAND (VO)
Before they come to catch me I'll be gone
EXT: CHAUVELIN hears news of escaped prisoners at his office, where he
sits in frustrated, overworked insomnia.
ARMAND (VO)
Somewhere they can't find me
EXT: A Parisian house, where Armand slows and stops his horse, nods to
SIR TONY and SIR ANDREW, who wake fully and go to a hidden door in the
place, from behind which several aristocrats emerge. The members of
League get them on horses and disguised, and the whole of them ride off.
EXT: The boudoir. LOUISE wakes, startled by something. She pulls on a
white robe, looking with nervous fright around for ARMAND, rising and
moving swiftly to her vanity, opening the letter.
ARMAND (VO)
Oh baby, you don't know what I've done
I've committed a crime; I've broken the law
She finishes the letter and glances at a cartoon cut from an English
paper, with French guards raving drunk from the blood of their dead
aristocrats. Red-gold brows furrowed, she suddenly realizes that he has
departed yet again for actions of the League, which she has been aware
of for a measure of time after being rescued by them.
ARMAND (VO)
While you were here sleeping and just dreaming of me
I've help up and robbed a liquor store
She lights a candle and burns the cartoon, holding the letter to her
breast as she moves to the window
ARMAND (VO)
But I've got to creep down the alley way
Fly down the highway
EXT: ARMAND and the others ride to a harbor.
ARMAND (VO)
Before they come to catch me I'll be gone
An English flag flies over the ship he pulls up his horse at.
ARMAND (VO)
Somewhere they can't find me
He send the men and stolen prisoners on board, preparing swiftly, and
setting sail nigh-as-soon as they are on. He moves to the prow, staring
at his hands as they rest on the railing.
ARMAND
Oh my life seems unreal, my crime an illusion
Ext: CHAOS' REALM. CHAOS chews on the feathered tip of a scarlet quill,
a manuscript clutched in a burgundy-taloned hand.
ARMAND (VO)
A scene badly written in which I must play
DEATH, standing by the Red Goddess' throne, gives Her A LOOK.
And though it puts me uptight to leave you
Ext: At the prow, ARMAND grips the railing so hard as to drive
splinters beneath his fingernails, and stares with mourning and self-
loathing as the French coast vanishes from view.
ARMAND (VO)
I know it's not right to leave you
The morning is just a few hours away
TIME elapses, and the sun rises as they appear on the English coast.
ARMAND (VO)
But I've got to creep down the alley way
The men and prisoners deboard, and SIR PERCY walks towards them from
the dock from where he'd been waiting for their arrival. He and ARMAND
embrace, and ARMAND says some simple thing to him which we cannot hear.
PERCY looks distantly up at the high cliffs above and the road leading
to Blakeny Manor, and nods to ARMAND once.
ARMAND (VO)
Fly down the highway
EXT: ARMAND is inside the great house, moving down the corridors on one
of the upper floors.
ARMAND (VO)
Before they come to catch me I'll be gone
He enters MARGUERITE'S room, bowing with a plaintive sort of formality,
before she rushes forward and embraces him, making him grin. She asks
him where he has been, though we do not hear the words. He stares
vaguely out the window and replies, though we do not hear it, and says
it with a smile, petting a white kitten sitting on Marguerite's vanity
absently.
LOUISE
Somewhere
The side of the view with MARGUERITE and the kitten fades to black, as
does the background, leaving ARMAND standing alone, looking off to the
left.
ARMAND
They can't find me
EXT: PARIS, LOUISE stands at the window of her boudoir, clutching the
letter, staring at the moon, and unseeingly at the overlap of the lone
ARMAND. This letter she did not know was not only to be a warning of
his current activities, but also a parting, until that if or when he
could come again. If he did, he swore to make her his wife and bring
her to England with him.
She looks down at her hands and turns away from the window, and ARMAND
and the moon both fade to black.
She hopes he will return soon.
FADE TO BLACK.
END.