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            Some rascal come a´poaching

            Who's heard that wine we're broaching��



ALL。              Who may this be��

                  Who may this be��

            Who is he�拭 �Who is he�拭 �Who is he��



Enter HERALD。



HER。  The Prince of Monte Carlo��

            From Mediterranean water��

      Has come here to bestow

            On you his beautiful daughter。

      They've paid off all they owe��

            As every statesman oughter

      That Prince of Monte Carlo

            And his be´eautiful daughter��



CHORUS。           The Prince of Monte Carlo�察�etc。



HER。  The Prince of Monte Carlo��

            Who is so very partickler��

      Has heard that you're also

            For ceremony a stickler

      Therefore he lets you know

            By word of mouth auric'lar

      ��That Prince of Monte Carlo

            Who is so very particklar��



CHORUS。     The Prince of Monte Carlo�察�etc。



HER。  That Prince of Monte Carlo��

            From Mediterranean water��

      Has come here to bestow

            On you his be´eautiful daughter��



LUD。 ��recit。��。    His Highness we know notnor the locality

      In which is situate his Principality��

      But�察�as he guesses by some odd fatality��

      This is the shop for cut and dried formality��

            Let him appear

            He'll find that we're

      Remarkable for cut and dried formality。



��Reprise of March。  Exit HERALD。

LUDWIG beckons his Court。��



LUD。  I have a planI'll tell you all the plot of it

      He wants formalityhe shall have a lot of it��

��Whispers to them�察�through symphony。��

      Conceal yourselves�察�and when I give the cue��

      Spring out on himyou all know what to do��

��All conceal themselves behind the draperies that enclose the

stage。��



Pompous March。  Enter the PRINCE and PRINCESS OF MONTE CARLO��

      attended by six theatrical´looking nobles and the Court

      Costumier。



                DUETPrince and PRINCESS。



PRINCE。     We're rigged out in magnificent array

                  ��Our own clothes are much gloomier��

            In costumes which we've hired by the day

                  From a very well´known costumier。



COST。 ��bowing��。         I am the well´known costumier。



PRINCESS。   With a brilliant staff a Prince should make a show

                  ��It's a rule that never varies����

            So we've engaged from the Theatre Monaco

                  Six supernumeraries。



NOBLES。           We're the supernumeraries。



ALL。              At a salary immense��

                  Quite regardless of expense��

            Six supernumeraries��



PRINCE。     They do not speak�察�for they break our grammar's laws��

                  And their language is lamentable

            And they never take off their gloves�察�because

                  Their nails are not presentable。



NOBLES。           Our nails are not presentable��



PRINCESS。   To account for their shortcomings manifest

                  We explain�察�in a whisper bated��

            They are wealthy members of the brewing interest

                  To the Peerage elevated。



NOBLES。           To the Peerage elevated。



ALL。        They're/We're very�察�very rich��

                  And accordingly�察�as sich��

            To the Peerage elevated。



      PRINCE。  Well�察�my dear�察�here we are at lastjust in time

to

compel Duke Rudolph to fulfil the terms of his marriage contract。 

Another hour and we should have been too late。

      PRINCESS。  Yes�察�papa�察�and if you hadn't fortunately

discovered a means of making an income by honest industry�察�we

should never have got here at all。

      PRINCE。  Very true。  Confined for the last two years within

the precincts of my palace by an obdurate bootmaker who held a

warrant for my arrest�察�I devoted my enforced leisure to a study

of the doctrine of chancesmainly with the view of ascertaining

whether there was the remotest chance of my ever going out for a

walk againand this led to the discovery of a singularly

fascinating little round game which I have called Roulette�察�and

by which�察�in one sitting�察�I won no less than five thousand

francs�  �My first act was to pay my bootmakermy second�察�to

engage a good useful working set of second´hand noblesand my

third�察�to hurry you off to Pfennig Halbpfennig as fast as a train

de luxe could carry us��

      PRINCESS。  Yes�察�and a pretty job´lot of second´hand nobles

you've scraped together��

      PRINCE ��doubtfully��。  Pretty�察�you think�拭 �Humph�  �I don't

know。  I should say tol´lol�察�my loveonly tol´lol。  They are not

wholly satisfactory。  There is a certain air of unreality about

themthey are not convincing。

      COST。  But�察�my goot friend�察�vhat can you expect for

eighteenpence a day��

      PRINCE。  Now take this Peer�察�for instance。  What the deuce

do you call him��

      COST。  Him�拭 �Oh�察�he's a swellhe's the Duke of Riviera。

      PRINCE。  Oh�察�he's a Duke�察�is he�拭 �Well�察�that's no reason

why

he should look so confoundedly haughty。  ��To Noble。��  Be affable��

sir�  。�Noble takes attitude of affability。��  That's better。

��Passing to another。��  Now�察�who's this with his moustache coming

off��

      COST。  Vhy�察�you're Viscount Mentone�察�ain't you��

      NOBLE。  Blest if I know。  ��Turning up sword´belt。��  It's

wrote hereyes�察�Viscount Mentone。

      COST。  Then vhy don't you say so�拭 �'Old yerself upyou

ain't carryin' sandwich boards now。  ��Adjusts his moustache。��

      PRINCE。  Now�察�once for all�察�you Peerswhen His Highness

arrives�察�don't stand like sticks�察�but appear to take an

intelligent and sympathetic interest in what is going on。  You

needn't say anything�察�but let your gestures be in accordance with

the spirit of the conversation。  Now take the word from me。 

Affability�  。�attitude��。  Submission�  。�attitude��。  Surprise��

��attitude��。  Shame�  。�attitude��。  Grief�  。�attitude��。  Joy��

��attitude��。  That's better�  �You can do it if you like��

      PRINCESS。  But�察�papa�察�where in the world is the Court�拭�

There is positively no one here to receive us�  �I can't help

feeling that Rudolph wants to get out of it because I'm poor。 

He's a miserly little wretchthat's what he is。

      PRINCE。  Well�察�I shouldn't go so far as to say that。  I

should rather describe him as an enthusiastic collector of

coinsof the realmand we must not be too hard upon a

numismatist if he feels a certain disinclination to part with

some of his really very valuable specimens。  It's a pretty hobby��

I've often thought I should like to collect some coins myself。

      PRINCESS。  Papa�察�I'm sure there's some one behind that

curtain。  I saw it move��

      PRINCE。  Then no doubt they are coming。  Now mind�察�you

Peershaughty affability combined with a sense of what is due to

your exalted ranks�察�or I'll fine you half a franc eachupon my

soul I will��



��Gong。  The curtains fly back and the Court are discovered。 They

      give a wild yell and rush on to the stage dancing wildly��

      with PRINCE�察�PRINCESS�察�and Nobles�察�who are taken by

surprise

      at first�察�but eventually join in a reckless dance。  At the

      end all fall down exhausted。��



      LUD。  There�察�what do you think of that�拭 �That's our

official

ceremonial for the reception of visitors of the very highest

distinction。

      PRINCE ��puzzled��。 It's very quaintvery curious indeed。 

Prettily footed�察�too。  Prettily footed。

      LUD。  Would you like to see how we say ;good´bye; to

visitors of distinction�拭 �That ceremony is also performed with

the foot。

      PRINCE。  Really�察�this toneah�察�but perhaps you have not

completely grasped the situation��

      LUD。  Not altogether。

      PRINCE。  Ah�察�then I'll give you a lead over。

��Significantly�今�  I am the father of the Princess of Monte Carlo。

Doesn't that convey any idea to the Grand Ducal mind��

      LUD。 ��stolidly��。  Nothing definite。

      PRINCE ��aside��。  H'mvery odd�  �Never mindtry again� �

��Aloud。��  This is the daughter of the Prince of Monte Carlo。  Do

you take��

      LUD。 ��still puzzled��。  Nonot yet。  Go ondon't give it

upI dare say it will come presently。

      PRINCE。  Very oddnever mindtry again。  ��With sly

significance。��  Twenty years ago�  �Little doddle doddle�  �Two

little doddle doddles�  �Happy fatherhers and yours。  Proud

motheryours and hers�  �Hah�  �Now you take�拭 �I see you do�  �I

see you do��

      LUD。  Nothing is more annoying than to feel that you're not

equal to the intellectual pressure of the conversation。  I wish

he'd say something intelligible。

      PRINCE。  You didn't expect me��

      LUD。 ��jumping at it��。  No�察�no。  I grasp thatthank you

very

much。  ��Shaking hands with him。��  No�察�I did not expect you��

      PRINCE。  I thought not。  But ha� �ha� �at last I have escaped

from my enforced restraint。  ��General movement of alarm。��  ��To

crowd who are stealing off。��  No�察�noyou misunderstand me。  I

mean I've paid my debts��

      ALL。  Oh�  。�They return。��

      PRINCESS ��affectionately��。  But�察�my darling�察�I'm afraid

that

even now you don't quite realize who I am�  。�Embracing him。��

      BARONESS。  Why�察�you forward little hussy�察�how dare you�拭�

��Takes her away from LUDWIG。��

      LUD。  You mustn't do that�察�my dearnever in the presence

of

the Grand Duchess�察�I beg��

      PRINCESS ��weeping��。  Oh�察�papa�察�he's got a Grand Duchess��

      LUD。  A Grand Duchess�  �My good girl�察�I've got three Grand

Duchesses��

      PRINCESS。  Well�察�I'm sure�  �Papa�察�let's go awaythis is

not

a respectable Court。

      PRINCE。  All these Grand Dukes have their little fancies��

my

love。  This potentate appears to be collecting wives。  It's a

pretty hobbyI should like to collect a few myself。  This

��admiring BARONESS�� is a charming specimenan antique�察�I should

sayof the early Merovingian period�察�if I'm not mistaken�察�and

here's anothera Scotch lady�察�I think ��alluding to JU

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