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No. 19: Recitative & Duet (Lady Sangazure & Mr. Wells)
"Oh, I have wrought much evil with my spells"
Enter Mr. Wells.
| Mr. Wells. |
Oh, I have wrought much evil with my spells!
An ill I can't undo!
This is too bad of you, J. W. Wells –
What wrong have they done you?
And see – another love-lorn lady comes –
Alas, poor stricken dame!
A gentle pensiveness her life benumbs –
And mine, alone, the blame! |
Lady Sangazure enters. She is very melancholy.
| Lady Sangazure. |
Alas, ah me! and well-a-day!
I sigh for love, and well I may,
For I am very old and grey.
But stay! |
Sees Mr. Wells, and becomes fascinated by him.
What is this fairy form I see before me?
| Mr. Wells. |
Oh horrible! – She's going to adore me!
This last catastrophe is overpowering! |
| Lady Sangazure. |
Why do you glare at me with visage lowering?
For pity's sake recoil not thus from me! |
| Mr. Wells. |
| My lady leave me – this may never be! |
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| Mr. Wells. |
| Hate me! I drop my H's – have through life! |
| Lady Sangazure. |
| Love me! I'll drop them too! |
| Mr. Wells. |
| Hate me! I always eat peas with a knife! |
| Lady Sangazure. |
| Love me! I'll eat like you! |
| Mr. Wells. |
| Hate me! I often roll down One Tree Hill! |
| Lady Sangazure. |
| Love me! I'll meet you there! |
| Mr. Wells. |
| Hate me! I often go to Rosherville! |
| Lady Sangazure. |
| Love me! that joy I'll share! |
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| Lady Sangazure. |
| Love me! My prejudices I'll for ever drop! |
| Mr. Wells. |
| Hate me! That's not enough! |
| Lady Sangazure. |
| Love me! I'll come and help you in the shop! |
| Mr. Wells. |
| Hate me! the life is rough! |
| Lady Sangazure. |
| Love me! my grammar I will all forswear! |
| Mr. Wells. |
| Hate me! abjure my lot! |
| Lady Sangazure. |
| Love me! I'll stick sunflowers in my hair! |
| Mr. Wells. |
| Hate me! they'll suit you not! |
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| Mr. Wells. |
At what I am going to say be not enraged –
I may not love you – for I am engaged! |
| Lady Sangazure. (horrified) |
| Engaged! Engaged! |
| Mr. Wells. |
Engaged!
To a maiden fair,
With bright brown hair,
And a sweet and simple smile,
Who waits for me
By the sounding sea,
On a South Pacific isle. |
| Mr. Wells. (aside) |
| A lie! No maiden waits me there! |
| Lady Sangazure. (mournfully) |
| She has bright brown hair; |
| Mr. Wells. (aside) |
| A lie! No maiden smiles on me! |
| Lady Sangazure. (mournfully) |
| By the sounding sea! |
| Both. |
| The sounding sea! |
ENSEMBLE.
| Lady Sangazure. |
Mr. Wells. |
Oh agony, rage, despair!
The maiden has bright brown hair,
And mine is as white as snow!
False man, it will be your fault,
If I go to my family vault,
And bury my life-long woe! |
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Oh, agony, rage, despair!
Oh, where will this end – oh, where?
I should very much like to know!
It will certainly be my fault,
If she goes to her family vault,
To bury her life-long woe! |
| False man, it will be your fault, |
'Twill certainly be my fault, |
| If I go to my family vault, |
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| And bury my life-long woe! |
If she goes to her family vault! |
| The family vault, |
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The vault, |
| The family vault, |
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The family vault, |
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The family vault, |
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The family vault, |
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The family vault, |
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The family vault, |
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The family vault, |
| Yes, the family vault! |
Yes, the family vault! |
Exit Lady Sangazure , in great anguish, accompanied by Mr. Wells..
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