But the experience - and everything they know about duty, honor, courage and manhood (expressed in the first act""s ritualistic deer-hunting sequence) - is wrenched apart and shattered in the face of the gruesome war.precipice.The locale aroused dormant feelings and subliminal sensual desires in many of the nuns.The missionary effort was led by devout and pious Sister Clodagh (Deborah Kerr), the Sister Superior, who was being haunted and tormented by memories of a past lover in Ireland.Christina: Snow is like a wide sea.One could go out and be lost in it and forget the world and oneself.Chancellor: There are rumors that your Majesty is planning a foreign marriage.Christina: They are baseless.Chancellor: But your Majesty, you cannot die an old maid.Christina: I have no intention to, Chancellor.I shall die a bachelor!The crafty Magnus favors the marriage, and is disappointed at his former lover""s politically-incorrect decision not to marry Prince Charles, even though he would be an ideal choice: "I""d much rather him than another.Nick: Thanks, Frank.Does it make you hungry?Frank: Unh unh.Thirsty.To entertain them, the middle-aged, affable proprietor strums on a guitar and sings a tune about his own marriage:I""m not much to look at, nothing to seeJust glad I""m living, lucky to beI""ve got a woman, crazy for meShe""s funny that wayAlthough she has "practically forgotten" how o dance, and is reluctant to dance with Frank in front of her husband, her resistance breaks down when she is encouraged to do so by the jovial Nick.