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                              ��The DRAGOONS go off angrily�察�R。��



��Enter BUNTHORNE�察�L。U。E。�察�who changes his manner and becomes

     intensely melodramatic。��





               No。 6。 Am I alone and unobserved��

                     ��Recitative and Solo��

                           Bunthorne



BUN。 ��Up´stage�察�he looks off L。 and R。��

          Am I alone��

               And unobserved�拭 �I am��

     ��comes down��

          Then let me own

               I'm an aesthetic sham��

     ��and walks tragically to down´stage�察�C。��



          This air severe

               Is but a mere

                        Veneer��



          This cynic smile

               Is but a wile

                        Of guile��



          This costume chaste

               Is but good taste

                        Misplaced��



               Let me confess��

     A languid love for Lilies does not blight me��

     Lank limbs and haggard cheeks do not delight me��

          I do not care for dirty greens

               By any means。

          I do not long for all one sees

               That's Japanese。

          I am not fond of uttering platitudes

               In stained´glass attitudes。

          In short�察�my mediaevalism's affectation��

          Born of a morbid love of admiration��



 ��Tiptoes up´stage�察�looking L。 and R。�察�and comes back down�察�C。��



If you're anxious for to shine in the high aesthetic line as a

     man of culture rare��

You must get up all the germs of the transcendental terms�察�and

     plant them ev'rywhere。

You must lie upon the daisies and discourse in novel phrases of

     your complicated state of mind��

The meaning doesn't matter if it's only idle chatter of a

     transcendental kind。



               And ev'ry one will say��

               As you walk your mystic way��

;If this young man expresses himself in terms too deep for me��

Why�察�what a very singularly deep young man this deep young man

     must be� �



Be eloquent in praise of the very dull old days which have long

     since passed away��

And convince 'em�察�if you can�察�that the reign of good Queen Anne

     was Culture's palmiest day。

Of course you will pooh´pooh whatever's fresh and new�察�and

     declare it's crude and mean��

For Art stopped short in the cultivated court of the Empress

     Josephine。



               And ev'ryone will say��

               As you walk your mystic way��

;If that's not good enough for him which is good enough for me��

Why�察�what a very cultivated kind of youth this kind of youth must

     be� �



Then a sentimental passion of a vegetable fashion must excite

     your languid spleen��

An attachment a la Plato for a bashful young potato�察�or a not´

     too´French French bean��

Though the Philistines may jostle�察�you will rank as an apostle in

     the high aesthetic band��

If you walk down Piccadilly with a poppy or a lily in your

     medieval hand。



               And ev'ryone will say��

               As you walk your flow'ry way��

;If he's content with a vegetable love which would certainly not

     suit me��

Why�察�what a most particularly pure young man this pure young man

     must be� �



  ��At the end of his song�察�PATIENCE enters�察�L。  He sees her。��



BUN。  Ah�  �Patience�察�come hither。  ��She comes to him timidly。�А �I

am pleased with thee。  The bitter´hearted one�察�who finds all else

hollow�察�is pleased with thee。  For you are not hollow。  Are you��



PATIENCE  No�察�thanks�察�I have dined�察�but  I beg your pardon  I

interrupt you。  ��Turns to go�察�he stops her。��



BUN。  Life is made up of interruptions。  The tortured soul��

yearning for solitude�察�writhes under them。  Oh�察�but my heart is

a´weary�  �Oh�察�I am a cursed thing�  。�She attempts to escape。��

Don't go。



PATIENCE  Really�察�I'm very sorry。



BUN。  Tell me�察�girl�察�do you ever yearn��



PATIENCE  I earn my living。



BUN。 ��impatiently�А �No�察�no�  �Do you know what it is to be heart´

hungry�拭 �Do you know what it is to yearn for the Indefinable�察�and

yet to be brought face to face�察�dally�察�with the Multiplication

Table�拭 �Do you know what it is to seek oceans and to find

puddles�拭 �That's my case。  Oh�察�I am a cursed thing�  。�She turns

again。�А �Don't go。



PATIENCE  If you please�察�I don't understand you  you frighten

me��



BUN。  Don't be frightened  it's only poetry。



PATIENCE  Well�察�if that's poetry�察�I don't like poetry。



BUN。 ��eagerly�А �Don't you�拭 。�aside�А �Can I trust her�拭 。�aloud�А�

Patience�察�you don't like poetry  well�察�between you and me�察�I

don't like poetry。  It's hollow�察�unsubstantial  unsatisfactory。 

What's the use of yearning for Elysian Fields when you know you

can't get `em�察�and would only let `em out on building leases if

you had `em��



PATIENCE  Sir�察�I



BUN。  Patience�察�I have long loved you。  Let me tell you a secret。 

I am not as bilious as I look。  If you like�察�I will cut my hair。 

There is more innocent fun within me than a casual spectator

would imagine。  You have never seen me frolicsome。  Be a good

girl  a very good girl  and one day you shall。  If you are

fond of touch´and´go jocularity  this is the shop for it。



PATIENCE  Sir�察�I will speak plainly。  In the matter of love I am

untaught。  I have never loved but my great´aunt。  But I am quite

certain that�察�under any circumstances�察�I couldn't possibly love

you。



BUN。  Oh�察�you think not��



PATIENCE  I'm quite sure of it。  Quite sure。  Quite。



BUN。  Very good。  Life is henceforth a blank。  I don't care what

becomes of me。  I have only to ask that you will not abuse my

confidence�察�though you despise me�察�I am extremely popular with

the other young ladies。



PATIENCE  I only ask that you will leave me and never renew the

subject。



BUN。  Certainly。  Broken´hearted and desolate�察�I go。  ��Goes up´

stage�察�suddenly turns and recites。��



          ;Oh�察�to be wafted away��

               From this black Aceldama of sorrow��

          Where the dust of an earthy to´day

               Is the earth of a dusty to´morrow� �



     It is a little thing of my own。  I call it ;Heart Foam;。  I

shall not publish it。  Farewell�  �Patience�察�Patience�察�farewell��



                                              ��Exit BUNTHORNE。��



PATIENCE  What on earth does it all mean�拭 �Why does he love me�拭�

Why does he expect me to love him�拭 。�going R。�А �He's not a

relation�  �It frightens me��



��Enter ANGELA�察�L。��



ANGELA  Why�察�Patience�察�what is the matter��



PATIENCE  Lady Angela�察�tell me two things。  Firstly�察�what on

earth is this love that upsets everybody�察�and�察�secondly�察�how is

it to be distinguished from insanity��



ANGELA  Poor blind child�  �Oh�察�forgive her�察�Eros�  �Why�察�love is

of all passions the most essential�  �It is the embodiment of

purity�察�the abstraction of refinement�  �It is the one unselfish

emotion in this whirlpool of grasping greed��



PATIENCE  Oh�察�dear�察�oh�  。�beginning to cry��



ANGELA  Why are you crying��



PATIENCE  To think that I have lived all these years without

having experienced this ennobling and unselfish passion�  �Why��

what a wicked girl I must be�  �For it is unselfish�察�isn't it��



ANGELA  Absolutely�  �Love that is tainted with selfishness is no

love。  Oh�察�try�察�try�察�try to love�  �It really isn't difficult if

you give your whole mind to it。



PATIENCE  I'll set about it at once。  I won't go to bed until I'm

head over ears in love with somebody。



ANGELA  Noble girl�  �But is it possible that you have never loved

anybody��



PATIENCE  Yes�察�one。



ANGELA  Ah�  �Whom��



PATIENCE  My great´aunt



ANGELA  Great´aunts don't count。



PATIENCE  Then there's nobody。  At least  no�察�nobody。  Not

since I was a baby。  But that doesn't count�察�I suppose。

 

ANGELA  I don't know。  Tell me about it。





             No。 7。 Long years ago�察�fourteen maybe

                             ��Duet��

                      Patience and Angela



PATIENCE  ��R。�А�Long years ago  fourteen�察�maybe��

          When but a tiny babe of four��

     Another baby played with me��

          My elder by a year or more��



     A little child of beauty rare��

          With marv'lous eyes and wondrous hair��

     Who�察�in my child´eyes�察�seemed to me

          All that a little child should be��



                   ��She goes to ANGELA�察�L。C。��



          Ah�察�how we loved�察�that child and I��

               How pure our baby joy��

          How true our love  and�察�by the bye��

               He was a little boy��



ANGELA    Ah�察�old�察�old tale of Cupid's touch��

     I thought as much  I thought as much��

          He was a little boy��



PATIENCE  Pray don't misconstrue what I say

     Remember�察�pray  remember�察�pray��

          He was a little boy��



ANGELA    No doubt�  �Yet�察�spite of all your pains��

     The interesting fact remains ´

          He was a little boy��



BOTH Ah�察�yes�察�in/No doubt�察�yet spite of all my/your pains��

     The interesting fact remains

          He was a little boy��

          He was a little boy��



                                           ��Exit ANGELA�察�L。��



PATIENCE ��R。C。�А �It's perfectly dreadful to think of the

appalling state I must be in�  �I had no idea that love was a

duty。  No wonder they all look so unhappy�  �Upon my word�察�I

hardly like to associate with myself。  I don't think I'm

respectable。  I'll go at once and fall in love with。。。 ��As she

turns to go up R。�察�GROSVENOR enters�察�R。U。E。  She sees him and

turns back。�А�a stranger��





                 No。 8。 Prithee�察�pretty maiden

                             ��Duet��

                     Patience and Grosvenor



GROSVENOR ��up´stage�察�R。 �А �Prithee�察�pretty maiden  prithee��

tell me true��

          ��Hey�察�but I'm doleful�察�willow willow waly�。�

     Have you e'er a lover a´dangling after you��

          Hey willow waly O��

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