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Kaiser Franz Joseph: What? Miss even brought a zither along?
Sissi: Yes. Papa even took it all the way to Egypt up the Cheops Pyramid.
Kaiser Franz Joseph: Papili has been to Egypt?
Sissi: Suddenly something inside makes him get up and go. I think I'll be just like him one day.
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Kaiser Franz Joseph: I'm to be engaged today.
Sissi: How can one be engaged to someone he doesn't love?
Kaiser Franz Joseph: It's not so uncommon in our class. For national interests, for dynastic reasons, for -
[turns around and looks at Sissi]
Kaiser Franz Joseph: She must look like this. Have eyes like this. This mouth. This hair. She must be as beautiful as Miss.
Sissi: But isn't your bride beautiful?
Kaiser Franz Joseph: Yes, she is very beautiful. But Miss, Miss is much more beautiful. I think Miss has more heart too.
Karlheinz Böhm
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