CLOUDLET

ENYO: Pity he did not do it. However, if I keep talking to you, I will not be able to fix your coach. I hope that tomorrow it will be sunny.

DESPINA: What is the connection between the two?

ENYO: Do not want to go to your wedding in a carriage? No time for sewing top, so I hope it's sunny. Although in my home country it is considered a happy omen for the bride to get under the rain on her wedding day.

DESPINA: (hastily gathering the top) There is time. May be it will not be completely up to the nines, but there is time. Do you drive a carriage?

ENYO: Yes, I do

DESPINA: Well, at least we have something in common! Are you coming for dinner?

ENYO: Absolutely! Your choice of pecan pie is wonderful. Your home ghost probably approves it too.

DESPINA: Indeed, an old family recipe! It's very quick. See you tonight! (grabs the top and hastily disappears)

ENYO: Interesting, is the ghost making do on the sweets and whiskey only or is on the castle’s payroll? I need to have a look at it.

Scene IV

(The stage is divided by translucent curtain giving the illusion of a castle ballroom. In the left half Enyo stands alone and practices some dance steps. The right half is empty and dark. Enter The Butler, who carries two chairs and wears a long ball gown on top of his suit.)

ENYO: Horace, pray tell me that it is not mandatory dress code for the ball!

THE BUTLER: Of course it is not! But how else you would learn not to tread on your partner's dress? There is nothing more horrible than the sound of a tearing hem. Not to mention that it can lead to dramatic consequences. The year before last the count who was partnering Mrs. Despina, slipped on her train and had most unfortunate fall demonstrating such lingerie that is still spoken about in some circles, I would prefer not to specify which ones.

ENYO: Now it is clearer to me, why I should attend in my full set of combat medals. This ball starts to look more like a battlefield and less like a moveable feast.

THE BUTLER: That depends on you alone. Behold, today we will study the dance "Eight", you and I would dance around these two chairs, I'll draw on the floor the sign for infinity. (draws) Your task is not to deviate too far from the line and step on you toes. Leave your lady wife dance around you. It will be beneficial.

ENYO: My lady wife’s character is more in sync with the dance “Train” – and this only because that at those days the dance “Bulldozer” was not yet invented. You know her for a long time – was she like this as a child or?

THE BUTLER: No. Before her parents perished she was a spoilt little girl who can pull any trick without consequences. But when only she remained Sir Alex changed the strategy in her upbringing. He was adamant that the young lady has to be self-sufficient and may be overdid the independence. Speaking in clichés, the Sleeping Beauty