The appropriate phrase, to be precise, is 'quiet . . . . FOR NOW.'
Until, that is, a taran-taran-tara! signals the arrival of a man with a tight black coat and very large epaulets, riding a pale - nay, a ghostly horse.
(Where the music comes from, nobody knows. It just seems appropriate.)
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Until, that is, a taran-taran-tara! signals the arrival of a man with a tight black coat and very large epaulets, riding a pale - nay, a ghostly horse.
(Where the music comes from, nobody knows. It just seems appropriate.)
"What a strange country this is!" he remarks.
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The horse does not alarm her; very little alarms her here.
But she feels a prickle of familiarity at the sound of his voice.
"... Hello?"
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Or maybe it was never there at all.
But there are some things you expect. And the Prince expects a horse.
Then he looks a little closer.
It's clear he hasn't been here very long, because he says, right away, "Why - why, it is the fair Antigone!"
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She frowns, surprised to be recognized.
"I don't remember you."
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