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ANGELA Not one�察�it is purity itself。
GROS。 Here's another。
Teasing Tom was a very bad boy��
A great big squirt was his favourite toy
He put live shrimps in his father's boots��
And sewed up the sleeves of his Sunday suits��
He punched his poor little sisters' heads��
And cayenne´peppered their four´post beds��
He plastered their hair with cobbler's wax��
And dropped hot halfpennies down their backs。
The consequence was he was lost totally��
And married a girl in the corps de bally��
��The MAIDENS express intense horror。��
ANGELA Marked you how grandly how relentlessly the damning
catalogue of crime strode on�察�till Retribution�察�like a poised
hawk�察�came swooping down upon the Wrong´Doer�拭 �Oh�察�it was
terrible� 。�All shudder。��
ELLA Oh�察�sir�察�you are indeed a true poet�察�for you touch our
hearts�察�and they go out to you��
GROS。 ��aside�А �This is simply cloying。 ��aloud�А�Ladies�察�I am
sorry to appear ungallant�察�but this is Saturday�察�and you have
been following me about ever since Monday。 I should like the
usual half´holiday。 I shall take it as a personal favour if you
will kindly allow me to close early to´day。
SAPHIR Oh�察�sir�察�do not send us from you��
GROS。 Poor�察�poor girls� �It is best to speak plainly。 I know
that I am loved by you�察�but I never can love you in return�察�for
my heart is fixed elsewhere� �Remember the fable of the Magnet
and the Churn。
ANGELA ��wildly�А �But we don't know the fable of the Magnet and
the Churn��
GROS。 Don't you�拭 �Then I will sing it to you。
No。 13。 A magnet hung in a hardware shop
��Solo and Chorus��
Grosvenor and Maidens
GROSVENOR A magnet hung in a hardware shop��
And all around was a loving crop
Of scissors and needles�察�nails and knives��
Offering love for all their lives��
But for iron the magnet felt no whim��
Though he charmed iron�察�it charmed not him��
From needles and nails and knives he'd turn��
For he'd set his love on a Silver Churn��
MAIDENS A Silver Churn��
GROSVENOR A Silver Churn��
His most aesthetic��
Very magnetic
Fancy took this turn
;If I can wheedle
A knife or a needle��
Why not a Silver Churn�拭�
MAIDENS His most aesthetic��
Very magnetic
Fancy took this turn
;If I can wheedle
A knife or a needle��
Why not a Silver Churn�拭�
GROSVENOR ��He rises�察�going C。��
And Iron and Steel expressed surprise��
The needles opened their well´drilled eyes��
The penknives felt ;shut up;�察�no doubt��
The scissors declared themselves ;cut out;��
The kettles they boiled with rage�察�'tis said��
While ev'ry nail went off its head��
And hither and thither began to roam��
Till a hammer came up and drove them home。
MAIDENS It drove them home��
GROSVENOR It drove them home��
While this magnetic��
Peripatetic
Lover he lived to learn��
By no endeavour
Can magnet ever
Attract a Silver Churn��
MAIDENS While this magnetic��
Peripatetic
Lover he lived to learn��
MAIDENS and
GROSVENOR By no endeavour
Can magnet ever
Attract a Silver Churn��
��They go off in low spirits�察�R。U。E。�察�gazing back at him from time
to time。��
GROS。 At last they are gone� �What is this mysterious
fascination that I seem to exercise over all I come across�拭 �A
curse on my fatal beauty�察�for I am sick of conquests� 。�Goes R。��
��Enter PATIENCE�察�L。 Stops L。C。 on seeing GROSVENOR。��
GROS。 ��Turns and sees her。�А �Patience��
PATIENCE I have escaped with difficulty from my Reginald。 I
wanted to see you so much that I might ask you if you still love
me as fondly as ever��
GROS。 Love you�拭 �If the devotion of a lifetime ��seizing her
hand。��
PATIENCE ��indignantly�А �Hold� �Unhand me�察�or I scream� 。�He
releases her。�А �If you are a gentleman�察�pray remember that I am
another's� 。�very tenderly。�А �But you do love me�察�don't you��
GROS。 Madly�察�hopelessly�察�despairingly��
PATIENCE That's right� �I never can be yours�察�but that's right��
GROS。 And you love this Bunthorne��
PATIENCE With a heart´whole ecstasy that withers�察�and scorches��
and burns�察�and stings� 。�sadly�А �It is my duty。
GROS。 Admirable girl� �But you are not happy with him��
PATIENCE Happy�拭 �I am miserable beyond description��
GROS。 That's right� �I never can be yours�察�but that's right��
PATIENCE But go now。 I see dear Reginald approaching。
Farewell�察�dear Archibald�察�I cannot tell you how happy it has made
me to know that you still love me。
GROS。 Ah�察�if I only dared ��advancing towards her��
PATIENCE Sir� �this language to one who is promised to another� �
��tenderly�А �Oh�察�Archibald�察�think of me sometimes�察�for my heart is
breaking� �He is unkind to me�察�and you would be so loving��
GROS。 Loving� 。�advancing towards her��
PATIENCE Advance one step�察�and as I am a good and pure woman�察�I
scream� 。�tenderly�А �Farewell�察�Archibald� 。�sternly�А �Stop there� �
��tenderly�А �Think of me sometimes� 。�angrily�А �Advance at your
peril� �Once more�察�adieu��
��GROSVENOR sighs�察�gazes sorrowfully at her�察�sighs deeply�察�and
exits�察�R。 She bursts into tears。��
��Enter BUNTHORNE�察�followed by JANE。 He is moody and
preoccupied。��
In a doleful train
��Solo��
Jane
JANE In a doleful train
One and one I walk all day��
For I love in vain
None so sorrowful as they
Who can only sigh and say��
Woe is me�察�alackaday��
BUN。 ��seeing PATIENCE�А �Crying�察�eh�拭 �What are you crying about��
PATIENCE I've only been thinking how dearly I love you��
BUN。 Love me� �Bah��
JANE Love him� �Bah��
BUN。 ��to JANE�А �Don't you interfere。
JANE He always crushes me��
PATIENCE ��going to him�А �What is the matter�察�dear Reginald�拭 �If
you have any sorrow�察�tell it to me�察�that I may share it with you。
��sighing�А �It is my duty��
BUN。 ��snappishly�А �Whom were you talking with just now��
PATIENCE With dear Archibald。
BUN。 ��furiously�А �With dear Archibald� �Upon my honour�察�this is
too much��
JANE A great deal too much��
BUN。 ��angrily to JANE�А �Do be quiet��
JANE Crushed again��
PATIENCE I think he is the noblest�察�purest�察�and most perfect
being I have ever met。 But I don't love him。 It is true that he
is devotedly attached to me�察�but I don't love him。 Whenever he
grows affectionate�察�I scream。 It is my duty� 。�sighing��
BUN。 I dare say��
JANE So do I� �I dare say��
PATIENCE Why�察�how could I love him and love you too�拭 �You can't
love two people at once��
BUN。 Oh�察�can't you�察�though��
PATIENCE No�察�you can't�察�I only wish you could。
BUN。 I don't believe you know what love is��
PATIENCE ��sighing�А �Yes�察�I do。 There was a happy time when I
didn't�察�but a bitter experience has taught me。
��BUNTHORNE�察�noticing that JANE is not looking at him�察�goes off
quickly up R。 She turns�察�sees him�察�and runs after him。��
No。 14。 Love is a plaintive song
��Solo��
Patience
PATIENCE Love is a plaintive song��
Sung by a suff'ring maid��
Telling a tale of wrong��
Telling of hope betrayed��
Tuned to each changing note��
Sorry when he is sad��
Blind to his ev'ry mote��
Merry when he is glad��
Merry when he is glad��
Love that no wrong can cure��
Love that is always new��
That is the love that's pure��
That is the love that's true��
Love that no wrong can cure��
Love that is always new��
That is the love that's pure��
That is the love�察�the love that's true��
Rendering good for ill��
Smiling at ev'ry frown��
Yielding your own self´will��
Laughing your teardrops down��
Never a selfish whim��
Trouble�察�or pain to stir��
Everything for him��
Nothing at all for her��
Nothing at all for her��
Love that will aye endure��
Though the rewards be few��
That is the love that's pure��
That is the love that's true��
Love that will aye endure��
Though the rewards be few��
That is the love that's pure��
That is the love�察�the love that's true��
��At the end of ballad exit PATIENCE�察�L。�察�weeping。 Enter
BUNTHORNE�察�R。�察�JANE following。��
BUN。 Everything has gone wrong with me since that smug´faced
idiot came here。 Before that I was admired I may say�察�loved。
JANE Too mild adored��
BUN。 Do let a poet soliloquize� �The damozels used to follow me
wherever I went�察�now they all follow him��
JANE Not all� �I am