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ideaif it's only a mere sketchas to how you would play it�拭�
It would be really interestingto meto know your conception
ofofthe part of my wife。
JULIA。 How would I play it�拭 �Now�察�let me seelet me see。
��Considering。�� Ah�察�I have it��
BALLADJULIA。
How would I play this part
The Grand Duke's Bride��
All rancour in my heart
I'd duly hide
I'd drive it from my recollection
And 'whelm you with a mock affection��
Well calculated to defy detection
That's how I'd play this part
The Grand Duke's Bride。
With many a winsome smile
I'd witch and woo��
With gay and girlish guile
I'd frenzy you
I'd madden you with my caressing��
Like turtle�察�her first love confessing
That it was ;mock;�察�no mortal would be
guessing��
With so much winsome wile
I'd witch and woo��
Did any other maid
With you succeed��
I'd pinch the forward jade
I would indeed��
With jealous frenzy agitated
��Which would�察�of course�察�be simulated����
I'd make her wish she'd never been created
Did any other maid
With you succeed��
And should there come to me��
Some summers hence��
In all the childish glee
Of innocence��
Fair babes�察�aglow with beauty vernal��
My heart would bound with joy diurnal��
This sweet display of sympathy maternal��
Well�察�that would also be
A mere pretence��
My histrionic art
Though you deride��
That's how I'd play that part
The Grand Duke's Bride��
ENSEMBLE。
ERNEST。 JULIA。
Oh joy� �when two glowing young My boy�察�when two
glowing
hearts�察 �young hearts
From the rise of the curtain�察 �From the rise of the
curtain��
Thus throw themselves into their Thus throw themselves
into
their parts�察 �parts��
Success is most certain� �Success is most
certain��
If the role you're prepared to endow The role I'm prepared
to
endow
With such delicate touches�察 �With most delicate
touch´
es��
By the heaven above us�察�I vow By the heaven above us��
I
vow
You shall be my Grand Duchess� �I will be your Grand
Duchess��
��Dance。��
Enter all the Chorus with LUDWIG�察�NOTARY��
and LISAall greatly agitated。
EXCITED CHORUS。
My goodness me� �What shall we do �拭 �Why�察�what a dreadful
situation��
��To LUD。�� It's all your fault�察�you booby youyou lump of
indiscrimination��
I'm sure I don't know where to goit's put me into such a
tetter
But this at all events I knowthe sooner we are off�察�the
better��
ERN。 What means this agitato�拭 �What d'ye seek��
As your Grand Duke elect I bid you speak��
SONGLUDWIG。
Ten minutes since I met a chap
Who bowed an easy salutation
Thinks I�察 �This gentleman�察�mayhap��
Belongs to our Association。;
But�察�on the whole��
Uncertain yet��
A sausage´roll
I took and eat
That chap replied ��I don't embellish��
By eating three with obvious relish。
CHORUS ��angrily��。 Why�察�gracious powers��
No chum of ours
Could eat three sausage´rolls with relish��
LUD。 Quite reassured�察�I let him know
Our ploteach incident explaining��
That stranger chuckled much�察�as though
He thought me highly entertaining。
I told him all��
Both bad and good��
I bade him call
He said he would��
I added muchthe more I muckled��
The more that chuckling chummy chuckled��
ALL ��angrily��。 A bat could see
He couldn't be
A chum of ours if he chuckled��
LUD。 Well�察�as I bowed to his applause��
Down dropped he with hysteric bellow
And that seemed right enough�察�because
I am a devilish funny fellow。
Then suddenly��
As still he squealed��
It flashed on me
That I'd revealed
Our plot�察�with all details effective��
To Grand Duke Rudolph's own detective��
ALL。 What folly fell��
To go and tell
Our plot to any one's detective��
CHORUS。
��Attacking LUDWIG。�� You booby dense
You oaf immense��
With no pretence
To common sense��
A stupid muff
Who's made of stuff
Not worth a puff
Of candle´snuff��
Pack up at once and off we go�察�unless we're anxious to exhibit
Our fairy forms all in a row�察�strung up upon the Castle gibbet��
��Exeunt Chorus。 Manent LUDWIG�察�LISA��
ERNEST�察�JULIA�察�and NOTARY。
JULIA。 Well�察�a nice mess you've got us into� �There's an
end of our precious plot� �All uppopfizzlebangdone for��
LUD。 Yes�察�butha� �ha��fancy my choosing the Grand Duke's
private detective�察�of all men�察�to make a confidant of� �When you
come to think of it�察�it's really devilish funny��
ERN。 ��angrily��。 When you come to think of it�察�it's
extremely injudicious to admit into a conspiracy every
pudding´headed baboon who presents himself��
LUD。 YesI should never do that。 If I were chairman of
this gang�察�I should hesitate to enrol any baboon who couldn't
produce satisfactory credentials from his last Zoological
Gardens。
LISA。 Ludwig is far from being a baboon。 Poor boy�察�he
could not help giving us awayit's his trusting naturehe was
deceived。
JULIA ��furiously��。 His trusting nature� 。�To LUDWIG。�� Oh��
I should like to talk to you in my own language for five
minutesonly five minutes� �I know some good�察�strong�察�energetic
English remarks that would shrivel your trusting nature into
raisinsonly you wouldn't understand them��
LUD。 Here we perceive one of the disadvantages of a
neglected education��
ERN。 ��to JULIA��。 And I suppose you'll never be my Grand
Duchess now��
JULIA。 Grand Duchess�拭 �My good friend�察�if you don't
produce
the piece how can I play the part��
ERN。 True。 ��To LUDWIG。�� You see what you've done。
LUD。 But�察�my dear sir�察�you don't seem to understand that
the man ate three sausage´rolls。 Keep that fact steadily before
you。 Three large sausage´rolls。
JULIA。 Bah��Lots of people eat sausage´rolls who are not
conspirators。
LUD。 Then they shouldn't。 It's bad form。 It's not the
game。 When one of the Human Family proposes to eat a
sausage´roll�察�it is his duty to ask himself�察 �Am I a
conspirator�拭─ �And if�察�on examination�察�he finds that he is not a
conspirator�察�he is bound in honour to select some other form of
refreshment。
LISA。 Of course he is。 One should always play the game。
��To NOTARY�察�who has been smiling placidly through this。�� What
are you grinning at�察�you greedy old man��
NOT。 Nothingdon't mind me。 It is always amusing to the
legal mind to see a parcel of laymen bothering themselves about a
matter which to a trained lawyer presents no difficulty whatever。
ALL。 No difficulty��
NOT。 None whatever� �The way out of it is quite simple。
ALL。 Simple��
NOT。 Certainly� �Now attend。 In the first place�察�you two
men fight a Statutory Duel。
ERN。 A Statutory Duel��
JULIA。 A Stat´tat´tatutory Duel� �Ach� �what a crack´jaw
language this German is��
LUD。 Never heard of such a thing。
NOT。 It is true that the practice has fallen into abeyance
through disuse。 But all the laws of Pfennig Halbpfennig run for
a hundred years�察�when they die a natural death�察�unless�察�in the
meantime�察�they have been revived for another century。 The Act
that institutes the Statutory Duel was passed a hundred years
ago�察�and as it has never been revived�察�it expires to´morrow。 So
you're just in time。
JULIA。 But what is the use of talking to us about
Statutory
Duels when we none of us know what a Statutory Duel is��
NOT。 Don't you�拭 �Then I'll explain。
SONGNOTARY。
About a century since��
The code of the duello
To sudden death
For want of breath
Sent many a strapping fellow。
The then presiding Prince
��Who useless bloodshed hated����
He passed an Act��
Short and compact��
Which may be briefly stated。
Unlike the complicated laws
A Parliamentary draftsman draws��