CLOUDLET

ways been able to count on not remaining spinsters as clans have always found their way to arrange their marriages. Our case exactly.

DESPINA: We don’t have our case!

ENYO: As you wish. You have two days to look around. Meanwhile, I'm staying here. While waiting for your answer, I will fix that coach of yours which had broken.

DESPINA: You can repair carriages all by yourself?

ENYO: If I cannot I will call Misfortune.

DESPINA: (snatches a bell from the desk and starts ringing frantically. The Butler enters.) Horace, the gentleman should be accommodated and should be shown the stables. I mean, he should be accommodated in the castle and then shown the stables. He is likely to invite his friend Miss Fortune to accompany him. Please arrange for the dinner. (leaves almost running)

THE BUTLER: The gentleman may not worry, Sir Alex had a penchant for long letters. He recently sent me a detailed fairy tale from your home country. If I'm not mistaken, Miss Fortune will not attend the dinner but figuratively. It is already dark in the stables; would you prefer to start with the accommodation? (both leave)

Scene III

Carpenter workbench is sharing the foreground with several bales of straw. Enyo has rolled up sleeves and planes down something. Few meters aside an old carriage can be seen upped with the wheels in the air. Despina enters dressed for a business meeting.

DESPINA: Good morning! I hope I don’t not interfere with your work together with the lady you mentioned last night. Did you not leave her close enough for her to drop for dinner? Or company was not to her liking because I'm confident in Hortensia’s roast beef.

ENYO: Oh no, the lady is just on call, but in the given situation I think I can handle it myself. Unless you're in a mood to help me.

DESPINA: Oh no, I'm not on call, but today I am in a great mood. You said that you would fix my carriage, and I sorted your problem.

ENYO: Which of my problems?

DESPINA: You want to get that wreck in Cloudlet?

ENYO: It is not a wreck, but yes, I want to get it. However your grandfather’s will ties your hands as well as mine!

DESPINA: Grandpa is my relative, though. He and I, we are probably more alike than I thought. Sir Alex may have been knaggier than what you are planing, but he was a good grandfather. One of his favorite pastimes was to teach me to decipher riddles. Today it served me well.

ENYO: You found a way to circumvent the provisions of his will? So quickly? I salute you!

DESPINA: Well, his attorney has to confirm it, but I'm virtually certain. Look, the will states that I can transfer the house in Cloudlet after three years of marriage. Nowhere it states that the said marriage should be, how to put it delicately, productive, this only applies to the remaining family assets. As you insist you are not interested in them, I see no problem. I will marry you tomorrow, af