Paris is waiting for you... lights, music, dancing, the opera. A new world is waiting for...

Duke d'Orléans:

Forgive my interruption. I seldom venture to intrude. I know you prefer your solitude. Marie Antoinette:
It's true. I don't care a great deal for balls and banquets. There's a certain futility to court life, don't you think? Duke d'Orléans:
Hummm...? Oh, quite, quite... Marie Antoinette:
My husband, as you know, has simple tastes and I am content with my books and music. Duke d'Orléans:
Oh, and here I come blundering into your little oasis. [He gets up to leave] Duke d'Orléans:
Well, the least I can do is to take myself away quickly. Princesse de Lamballe:
Oh, no! No, no, no! Marie Antoinette:
Please don't go! Do sit down. Duke d'Orléans:
[He sits down again]
Too kind. Marie Antoinette:
You know perfectly well how things are! No one ever comes to see me. Except my husband, of course. Duke d'Orléans:
Oh, of course. Marie Antoinette:
No one dares. Why does she hate me so? Duke d'Orléans:
Why? Perfectly simple. Because in motion you are grace itself and in repose a statue of beauty. You know, my little cousin, you should become alive... how quickly you would depose that milliner. Marie Antoinette:
Rebel? Duke d'Orléans:
Rebel... Princesse de Lamballe:
[Utterly shocked by his suggestion]
Oh, my! Duke d'Orléans:
Don't you dare? Marie Antoinette:
No! Du Barry has every advantage! Why, she could make men or degrade them! Who would dare to offend her to be my friend? Who but you? Duke d'Orléans:
Will you permit me to give a ball in the honor of the dauphine of France? Marie Antoinette:
But cousin...! Duke d'Orléans:
Paris is waiting for you... lights, music, dancing, the opera. A new world is waiting for you! Conquer Paris and you'll Conquer Madame Du Barry