CLOUDLET

let are certainly there. (shrugs) I guess OldMac might have been right altogether, from Sofia to Cloudlet is longer than from Cloudlet to the moon.

ACT II

Scene I

Law Office. On both sides of a table covered with papers sit the Lawyer and Enyo.

ENYO: I'm no expert on legal jargon. So I would like to repeat. Sir Alex has bequeathed all his property to his great-grandson, who has to be borne by Miss Despina and me.

THE LAWYER: Only if you are the father legally married to the mother and the marriage lasts at least three years. The only exception is the immovable property in the Cloudlet, which is bequeathed to the mother personally and cannot be transferred before the expiration of the third year from the beginning of your marriage. I can not tell you why Sir Alex insisted precisely on three years. For me and my colleagues it remains a mystery.

ENYO: And if I do not marry Miss Despina?

THE LAWYER: Then you have the right to live in a castle and manage it as you deem proper during the same three years, then you get a certain remuneration for your work and your mission is complete. If you refuse to marry Miss Despina, the immovables in Cloudlet become inaccessible to you. Along with everything else it goes under the control of the trust fund, which will manage the property until the family heir comes of age, and this property cannot be sold before ninety-nine years end.

ENYO: If the mademoiselle the Mom of the Heir is half as headstrong compared to her grandfather, I am not surprised she needs a husband to be bought for her. What does she think of the situation, by the way?

THE LAWYER: She does not know yet. I am instructed to tell you first. From the moment you exit this door, the three days began until the end of which you are obliged to report to the castle and begin manage it and she has to decide what she will do. I have to inform her about your decision.

ENYO: When do my three days of reflection start?

THE LAWYER: You have to decide on the spot.

ENYO: I presume you know Miss Despina. Please, do tell me is she really so horrible that in the entire United Kingdom a husband cannot be found for her and an import is required?

THE LAWYER: I assure you she is nothing like that! Miss Despina is highly educated, exquisitely looking young woman! A rare pearl that could adorn any crown.

ENYO: Of thorns.

THE LAWYER: Depends on you whether the rose will give you thorns or blooms.

ENYO: I cannot recall bypassing a queue of people impatient to try their gardening skills.

THE LAWYER: You rightly mentioned Miss Despina’s grandfather. I understand you had certain rapport with him.

ENYO: On quite a few questions, yes.

THE LAWYER: That means that you are one of the rare few who have accomplished this task. Supposedly this is why he chose you. As you can see, the choice comes well heeled.

ENYO: He could have hired