[Note: Carol""s last name "..doux" translated means soft or sweet.]With he first line of the film, the elderly woman asked: "Have you fallen asleep?" Carol blankly responded from her dreamy state: "Oh, I""m sorry."After a wipe-right and wipe-left, as they proceeded hrough foggy woods to the Baron""s castle high on a jagged mountain peak, Inga cuddled closely to Frankenstein after hearing a clash of lightning and the howls of a creature (uncredited Mel Brooks).While being examined, Sophia responded dutifully with "Yes, your Majesty" to four questions put to her:How was the journey? Comfortable?Are you happy to be here?Are you going to love your new country?Do you promise to be a loyal subject?The Empress warned: "And don""t make too many new friends, and no intrigue and gossip.Her telepathic prayer (something beyond the ordinary and mundane o get her family out of its "terrible rut" - whether murder or romance!) was magically answered by divine intervention and a God-like miracle: "He heard me! He heard me!" In a slow dissolve to the next scene, Charlie""s trusting, excited, expectant face is superimposed on the fast-approaching, horn-blowing advance of a dark locomotive with thrusting wheels - bringing her uncle closer.