King Marshall and King Zuma

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(Marshall's castle. He's standing at the window, looking outside. Zuma is with him, eating.)

Marshall: (sighs) No sign of her yet, Zuma.

Zuma: 'Course not. Good half hour 'till sunset. (takes a bite) Ah, excellent bird! (looks at Marshall) Oh now, come on, wake up, battle's over, girl's as good as here.

Marshall: I'm sorry, Zuma, but after sixteen years of worrying, never knowing ...

Zuma: The past, all in the past. (claps his hands. The Lackey arrives with a bottle of wine) Tonight, we toast to future with something i've been saving for sixteen years. (fills two glasses)
Here, to the future!

Marshall: Right, Zuma, to the future!

Zuma: Skumps!

Marshall: Skumps

Zuma: A toast to this night

Marshall: The outlook is rosy

Zuma: The future is bright

Both: Our children will marry Our kingdoms unite Skumps, Skumps, Skumps!

Zuma: Ah, excellent vintage. And now, to the new home, ey?

Marshall: New home?

Zuma: Children need a nest of their own, what? Place to raise their little brood, ey?

Marshall: Well, I suppose in time ...

Zuma: Of course. To the home! Skumps!

Marshall: Skumps!

Zuma: A toast to the home

Marshall: One grander by far than a palace in Rome

Zuma: Let me fill up your glass, 

(That glass was all foam.)

Both: Skumps, Skumps, Skumps!

Zuma: (claps his hands) The plans! (servant holds a castle's plan in front of Stefan's face) Well, what do you think? Nothing elaborate, of course. Fourty bedrooms, Dining hall - Honeymoon cottage, really.

Marshall: You mean, you're building it already?

Zuma: Built man! Finished. The love-birds can move in tomorrow.

Marshall: Tomorrow? But Zuma, they're not even married yet.

Zuma: Take care of that tonight. To the wedding!

Marshall: Now hold on, Hubert. I haven't even seen my daughter yet, and you're taking her away from me.

Zuma: Getting my Chase aren't you?

Marshall: Yes, but ...

Zuma: Want to see our grandchildren, don't we?

Marshall: Of course, but ...

Zuma: There's no time to lose! Getting on in years. To the wedding!

Marshall: Now be reasonable, Zuma. After all, Skye knows nothing about this.

Zuma: Well?

Marshall: Well, it may come as quite a shock ...

Zuma: Shock? My Chase a shock? (angry) What's wrong with my Chase?

Marshall: Nothing, Zuma. I only meant ...

Zuma: Why, doesn't your daughter like my son

Marshall: Now, now ... 

Zuma: I'm not so sure my son likes your daughter!

Marshall: Now, see here ...

Zuma: I'm not so sure my grandchildren want You for a grandfather

Marshall: Why, you unreasonable, pompous, blustering, old windbag!

Zuma: Unreasonable, pompous ... (grabs a fish and holds it like a sword) En garde, sir!

Marshall: I warn you, Zuma, this means war. (uses a plate as a shield)

(They start to fight, fish against plate, then abruptly break into laughter.)

Zuma: What's this all about anyway?

Marshall: Nothing Zuma, absolutely nothing.

Zuma: The children are bound to fall in love with each other.

Marshall: Precisely. And as for grandchildren, I'll have the royal woodcarvers start work on the cradle tomorrow.

Zuma: Splendid! King size, of course.

Marshall: Certainly. To the woodcarver's guild!

(We hear an announcement outside.)

Announcer:
His royal highness, Prince Chase

Zuma: Chase?  

(runs downward to meet him) 

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