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How wonderful you were, and are! Cue 6

No one could know or suspect it! Cue 7

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Are you complaining about it, Quinquin? Cue 9

Would you wish that many others knew? Cue 10

No, my angel! I'm happy to be the only one who knows it. Cue 11

No one suspects it, no one knows it. You… Cue 12

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What does this “you” mean? This “you and I?” Cue 14

What is the point? They're just words, are they not? Cue 15

You tell me. But yet, there's something more to them, a giddiness, an attraction, a yearning and burning. Cue 16

As now my hand reaches for yours, this longing for you, embracing you… Cue 17

It is I, who longs for you, but this “I” is lost in this “you”… Cue 18

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I am your boy… Cue 20

…but if sight and hearing forsake me, where is your boy then? Cue 21

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You are my boy, you are my darling. I love you! Cue 23

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Why is it daytime? I don't want it to be day. Cue 25

What use is the day? Then, everyone has you. I'd prefer the night. Cue 26

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- Are you laughing at me? - At you? Cue 28

- Angel! - My young darling! Cue 29

- Listen… - I don't want to. Cue 30

- Quiet, pay attention. - I won't listen. What could it be, anyway? Cue 31

Are they messengers with letters and greetings, from Saurau, Hartig, or the Portuguese envoy? Cue 32

No one may enter. I am master here! Cue 33

Hide, quickly. It's breakfast. Cue 34

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Throw your sword behind the bed. Cue 36

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You careless scatterbrain! Cue 38

You leave a sword lying around in a lady's bedroom? Cue 39

Have you no manners? Cue 40

If my behavior is too boorish, my manners too unrefined for you, then I don't know what you see in me. Cue 41

Quit philosophizing, dear sir, and come closer. Cue 42

It's time for breakfast. Everything has its time. Cue 43

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- Mary Theresa! - Octavian! Cue 45

- My pet! - Quinquin! Cue 46

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- My treasure! - My boy! Cue 48

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The Field Marshall is in the Croatian woods, hunting for bear and lynx. Cue 50

And I am here, lucky young fellow, hunting for what? I have such luck!! Cue 51

Leave the Field Marshall be. I dreamt about him. Cue 52

Did you dream about him last night? Cue 53

I can't order up dreams at will. Cue 54

Last night did you dream about your husband? Cue 55

Don't look so surprised. I can't do a thing about it Don't look so surprised. I can't do a thing about it. He was suddenly home again. Cue 56

- The Field Marshall? - Horses and people were in the courtyard, and there he was. Cue 57

I woke up suddenly in a fright. Look how childish I am… Cue 58

I can still hear the noises in the courtyard I can still hear the noises in the courtyard. I can't get it out of my ears. Cue 59

- Do you hear it too? - Of course I heard something, but must it be your husband? Cue 60

Think about where he is: in Raitzenland, beyond Esseg. Cue 61

Is that far away? Then it must be something else. It's all right. Cue 62

- You seem anxious over it - You seem anxious over it. - It may be far, but the Field Marshall can get home quickly. Cue 63

Once… Cue 64

Once what? Cue 65

Once what, Bichette? Cue 66

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Ah, you need not know everything. Cue 68

You trifle with me? I'm an unhappy man! Cue 69

Stop sulking. It's true. It is the Field Marshall. Cue 70

If it were a stranger, the noise would have come from outside my anteroom. Cue 71

It must be my husband, who wants to get in through the dressing room and is arguing with the lackeys. Cue 72

Quinquin, it is my husband! Cue 73

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Not in the anteroom! My tradesmen and half a dozen lackeys are there. Cue 75

Go there! Cue 76

Too late. They're already in the dressing room Too late! They're already in the dressing room! There's only one thing to do: Hide! Cue 77

- There! - I'll bar his entrance. I'll stay with you! Cue 78

There, behind the bed! In the curtains! Don't move! Cue 79

If he catches me here, what will happen to you? Cue 80

Hide, my darling! Be very still! Cue 81

I'd like to see someone dare to come in, while I stand here. Cue 82

I am no retreating General. Where I stand, I stay! Cue 83

My lackeys are good men. They won't let him in My lackeys are good men. They won't let him in. They'll tell him I'm asleep. Cue 84

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That voice… That's not the Field Marshall. Cue 86

They're saying “Baron” to him. That's definitely a stranger. Cue 87

Quinquin, someone is coming to call. Cue 88

Get dressed, quickly, but stay hidden from the lackeys. Cue 89

I should certainly know such a boorish, loud voice. Cue 90

It's… Good Heavens, it's Baron Ochs. Cue 91

That's my cousin Ochs of Lerchenau. What does he want? Jesus and Mary! Cue 92

Are you listening? Don't you remember? Cue 93

Five or six days ago we were sitting in the carriage, and a letter was brought to the door. Cue 94

That was the letter from Ochs, and I have no idea what was inside it. Cue 95

You're to blame for that, Quinquin! Cue 96

Will it please your Lordship to wait in the gallery? Cue 97

Where did you learn your manners Where did you learn your manners? The Baron does not wait in an antechamber! Cue 98

Quinquin, what are you up to? Where are you hiding? Cue 99

If it please yer 'ighness, I ain't not been long in service to yer 'ighness. Cue 100

Dear boy! No more than one kiss can I give you. Cue 101

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