[ti:A Letter From Cecile （SMASH Ca] [ar:SMASH Cast] [al:The Fringe] [offset:0] [00:00.41]A Letter From Cecile-SMASH Cast [00:06.27]"Dear Sophie... [00:08.96]At the convent of St. Ursuline [00:13.65]Under lock and key we always felt secure [00:15.91] [00:16.66]We were taught that Heaven is divine [00:20.92]And all who enter it are innocent and pure [00:23.80] [00:24.88]And inside those medieval walls [00:29.14]We had no reason to believe it wasn′t true [00:32.21] [00:32.96]But it′s hard to stay strong when one leaves those holy halls [00:36.39]And, Sophie, that is why I′m writing this to you [00:40.88] [00:42.88]For there′s this man, you see [00:44.56]This man, Vicomte Valmont [00:45.45]A second cousin to the cousin of my mother [00:48.35] [00:49.55]Who would look at me [00:51.12]As he played faro with my aunt [00:52.81]And he wasn′t looking at me like a brother [00:55.58] [00:56.51]He is with us in Deauville [00:58.06]As my dear mama prepares [01:00.04]For my marriage she′s brokered and arranged [01:02.11]But last night as I lay still [01:05.84]I heard him coming up the stairs [01:07.97] [01:10.67]And now, Sophie, I am permanently changed! [01:12.29]He arrived just past eleven, [01:18.38]Saying we would fly to Heaven [01:19.95]And before the night was over he was right [01:22.52]Now, nuns say Heaven′s for the strong [01:25.79]But I′m afraid he′s proved them wrong [01:28.03]And he′s bringing Heaven back tomorrow night" [01:32.96]Madame Volanges: [01:33.46]Cecile, what′s that racket? I don′t hear your lesson, what are you doing in there? [01:38.39]Cecile: [01:38.65]Oh, oh, yes Mama! I′m working out a very hard passage. [01:40.79] [01:45.62]"At the convent of St. Ursuline [01:49.56]We were sheltered from the evil ways of men [01:53.71]We were warned that they would pour your wine [01:57.96]And could seduce you with just paper and a pen [02:00.45]And beneath the chapel and its dome [02:04.26] [02:05.50]We had no reason to believe the nuns would lie [02:08.25] [02:09.76]But if Heaven′s what I felt upstairs in Madame Rosemonde′s home [02:14.40]Well then, Sophie, I am not afraid to die [02:16.85] [02:19.42]But there′s this man, you see [02:21.37]Monsieur Gercourt′s his name [02:22.62]And he′s expecting a young wife who is intact [02:25.27] [02:26.21]How enraged he′ll be [02:27.77]When he learns of Valmont′s game [02:29.64]For now he will not be the first, and that′s a fact [02:33.10]And if that were not enough [02:34.35]Love and music stole my heart [02:35.86]When my tutor, Danceny, made my harp sing [02:38.55]But our future′s looking rough [02:43.08]And our young love may come apart [02:44.77] [02:47.39]Since Valmont exposed my harp and plucked the string [02:49.84] [02:52.41]As my corset he unlaced [02:53.73]I pleaded "Heaven calls the chaste" [02:55.59]I begged "Don′t spoil me, sir, before you I do kneel" [02:58.51]But then spoil me, he did [03:00.32]So now I say "Heaven forbid him" [03:02.14]And I still think I′m in Heaven, signed your loyal friend Cecile"