"Little dove that flew away, come, appease my yearning" "Little dove i often kissed, let yourself be caught once more" "My sweetest little dove, come, oh do come quickly" "Longingly I think of you, fairest Rosalinde" "This is what my sister Ida, who's a ballet girl, writes:" "Tonight we are going to a villa where things are jolly and gay" "Prince Orlofsky, the rich eccentric, is giving a grand supper lf you can get hold of a dress from your mistress I'll be happy to introduce you" "Just get the evening off and I bet you will have lots of fun." "There you're never bored!" "Well, so much for Ida's letter l have no doubt, I would love to go" "But it's a tricky business lf only I knew how to get away!" "Were I a certain little dove then I could fly to and fro happily sporting myself in the clear blue sky" "Alas, why did fate make me a mere lady's maid?" "Who's that singing?" "Sounds to me like an opera-singer." "What's a singer doing out there?" "Rosalinde?" "That's an admirer!" "And not mine but my mistress's!" "I must take a look at him lt's him!" "It's Alfred!" "Jesus, Maria!" "He's coming here!" "Now that I'm married!" "There'll be a scandal, or a duel I'm not at all well." "I'll have to take a pill" "He's gone." "Ah!" "Here's my mistress!" "Now out with the story." "It's short but moving" "Adele, what's the matter?" "My aunt..." "What's wrong with your aunt?" "She's ill... my aunt is ill" "Can't you help?" "Oh yes. I could go and ask how she's getting on" " Your poor sick aunt?" " Yes, and so I beg you to let me have this evening off." "Thank you very much" " lmpossible" " How, impossible?" "You know perfectly well my husband begins his prison sentence tonight I can't help that" "Can I help it if he gets five days for calling an official an idiot?" " Yes, and walloping him" " Adele!" "Pardon!" "Slapping his face." "But the master has appealed" "Yes, but that was no use." "He goes to prison, and you stay here" " Oh, my poor aunt!" " Don't drive me mad!" "I'll never see her again on earth!" "Alas, I may not go and see you" "Yet you are longing for me so your well beloved niece" "What a tragic tale it all is" "Alas, why did fate make me a mere lady's maid?" "A pill like that settles one enormously" "That aunt!" "That Alfred!" " Why don't you fly into my arms?" " Because I'm married" "But that doesn't matter to me" " Go away!" " Go, when I've just come?" "I'm scared my husband will come" "Nobody's scared of your husband." "He's doing time!" ""Too long have I tarried." "The Grail summons me"" "Don't sit down!" "My husband will be back for his things" "Please, I beg you, leave me alone!" "On one condition." "Promise I can return when you're alone" " lmpossible" " Then, alas, I must stay" " l promise - l'll go" " Farewell" " No, no, not "farewell"" "Rosie, I may, mayn't I?" "Bye-bye, divine delicacy!" "I'm still crazy about his singing." "I must take another pill" "My husband!" "He's quarrelling with his lawyer" "No, with such counsel you're stabbed in the back!" " lt makes you impatient!" " Just have patience!" "The business has taken a turn for the worse" "And that's all his fault!" " Whose fault is it?" " His fault?" "Yes, his and his alone!" " The lawyer's?" " That isn't true!" " You'll see!" " What happened?" "Explain!" " Listen!" " First I want to defend myself!" "Save yourself the trouble, no defence is possible!" "It seems you want to abuse me!" "Keep calm!" "Why all this rage?" " Our lawyer pleads like a parrot!" " Herr Eisenstein started shouting!" " You stutter at every word!" " You quarrel all the time!" " You crow like a cockerel!" " You're a rude person!" " You're a blockhead!" " You are most unkind!" "You're talking utter rot and inconsistently at that" "But now spare your breath and let the matter rest" "Sir, you'd better leave now or there will be a scandal" "She is right, you'd better leave or there will be a scandal" " Sir, you'd better leave now!" " l'll walk right out of this house!" "Now calm yourself at last" "You're sentenced, that's that" "Just put up with it and in five days in a mere five days, the business will be over" "Did you say five days?" "Now it's gone up to eight!" "They added yet another three" "That's all that fellow has achieved" "Today I'm to report for jail, otherwise they'll come for me" "That is too much, I must say!" "Isn't it just?" "Alas, my poor, poor husband, so you must leave tonight?" "What can I say to comfort you?" "However shall I endure this?" "No, with such counsel you're stabbed in the back!" "It makes you impatient!" "And that's all his fault!" " Whose fault is it?" " Your fault!" "Yes, his and his alone!" "When you're free again, we'll file another suit" "Then I will show you what I can do" "What can you do?" "Reclamation, appellation investigation, allegation" "Regulation, exoneration interrogation, corroboration" "Arbitration, peroration lnnovation, intuition" "Sequestration..." " Stop it now, that will do!" " Computation, attestation" "And then you're bound to win!" "No matter how much paper and ink you may waste in the process in the end you will only make a fool of yourself!" "Yes, a fool!" "Such a counsel's advice is not always sound and, my word, they try your patience!" "The business has taken a turn for the worse" "And that's his fault and his alone!" " My poor Gabriel" " My poor Rosalinde!" "They have given you three more days?" "I have Dr. Stutterbuck to thank for the supplement l had to talk them round into giving me a little time for a farewell supper with you, my little mouse" "Ha!" "The shock has gone to my stomach. I'm starving!" "Adele, what's wrong?" "You're crying." "Surely not for me?" "My poor aunt is ill imagine, her aunt's dying again!" "That's funny. I just met her and she was quite chirpy" "That was certainly her last chirp." "I'll never see her again" "But you will." "Now go to the Golden Hart and bring a sumptuous meal" " What do you want?" " Listen." "First, some soup" "Then ( l have such common tastes ) black pudding, but only half" "And half a liver sausage." "Then fat roast pork, kale and crisp potato" "You know what kale is, don't you?" "Cabbage!" "These immigrant workers!" "Wait a minute!" "Salzburg Nockerl, but watch it doesn't collapse!" "And you, please fetch my oldest, most tattered suit" " Why?" " For prison, of course" " Dr. Falke" " That idiot's all I need!" "Congratulations, my dear, on being free of the tyrant for eight days" "And congratulations, Gabriel" "Getting three more days requires exceptional patronage!" " Very witty!" " Don't make bad jokes, Doctor!" "Try to cheer poor Gabriel up." "I'll fetch your clothes" " Be so good" " Don't worry, loveliest of ladies" "He'll be comforted" " You!" " What is it?" "I have something for you. I invite you to a grand supper tonight with fabulous women, at the villa of Prince Orlofsky" "Orlofsky?" "Who's he?" " The Champagne Orlofsky!" " l don't know him!" "The crazy young Russian magnate who tries to get rid of his money" "The man can be helped!" "But my prison sentence?" "Forget it!" "Tonight you're coming with me to Orlofsky's" " He's invited the whole opera" " The old guard, eh?" "Yes, but also all the young ones, the girls in the corps de ballet" "The Rats?" "The ballet Rats?" "Does the Prince actually know me?" "No, but I've told him what a handsome young fellow you are..." "Go on with you!" "...and all the things we've done together" "Remember the Schönbrunn masked ball?" "You as butterfly, I as bat?" "As long as I live." "I'll never laugh so much again" "Nor I." "One doesn't forget something like that so easily" "Don't you feel I should have revenge for that?" "Revenge?" "That involves two, one smart and one stupid" "Yes, but don't count your chickens before they're hatched!" "No." "But what's the time?" "Where's the watch?" " Just wait a minute" " Ah!" "The famous Rat-catcher!" "With this watch I've caught each and every one!" " You promise it to everyone" " But I've still given it to none" "So you'll come?" "Come to the party with me, you won't have far to go!" "Before you settle down to moping in that prison cell you must have a jolly time and be a gay spark!" "Nimble ballet dancers, dazzlingly dressed will charmingly ensnare you to the polka's alluring strains!" "Believe me, friend, you'll feel young again!" "With intoxicating music and splendour galore with captivating sirens at the exquisite banquet time will slip away in merriment and you will forget your troubles lf prison is not to prove harmful you've got to do something to amuse yourself!" " Don't you agree?" " l do indeed!" "But my wife must know nothing about this" "You must kiss her most tenderly goodbye saying:" "Fare thee well, my sweetest kitten" "Oh no!" "My sweetest mouseking, I shall say!" "Sweetest mouseking!" "For you yourself will be the cat when you creep out of the house" "And while she is soundly asleep instead of going to your old jail you'll be coming along to that heavenly party with me" "I'll introduce you as a stranger" "You will be Marquis Renard!" "That way no one will find out." "Are you agreeable?" "Oh well, I don't mind" " lt's your duty!" " lf only..." "You simply owe it to yourself" "Just think of your health" "Yes, I do believe you're right, it's not a bad excuse!" "If prison is not to prove harmful I've got to do something to amuse myself!" " Are you coming, then?" " How can I resist?" "I'm coming!" "The devil take your shilly-shallying!" "Such a supper party was never seen before" "What exquisite beauties!" "What a night of mirth and song!" "What's all this?" "He moved me and comforted me." "Now I'll go cheerfully to prison lt wasn't easy at first, but eventually it worked" " Here are your clothes" " What's this then?" " The clothes he wanted" " He can't go to prison like that!" "They'll put him with dangerous criminals and ruin the good man" "He's right!" "We didn't think of that" "My time is up. I kiss your hand, loveliest of ladies. I have to go" "Give my regards to The Rats" " The rats?" " There are rats in every prison" " And if they bite you?" " Then I'll bite them back" "Falke was right." "One must serve a sentence immaculately dressed" "Yes, in protest!" "They can lock me up, but never degrade me" "Be proud of me, little mouse I know how I'll be dressed!" "In black and silk is best and with a chapeau claque, in a moment I'll be back!" "He's crazy!" "He seems happy to go to prison" "What a day!" "One's off his rocker, the other's lost his wits!" "If only I knew what to do with the first when the other is away" " Madam, here's the soup" " Put it down there" "Tell me, Adele, how is your poor sick aunt?" "Who?" "Oh yes, well..." "It keeps going the way it goes" "Are you quite sure this poor sick aunt isn't a healthy young cousin?" "Madam, what are you thinking of?" "Just that nieces have obligations." "You can have tonight off" "But Madam refused earlier I was in a bad mood earlier, now I'm in a good mood" " Since the master's being jailed?" " Quiet!" "If he's gone, you can go" "A fragrance rare floats through the air" "Adele, the left foot" "The right foot" "Now I'm scented, I'll absent myself" "What?" "Without your supper?" "When the rats overrule, watch your stomach's not full!" " An old Chinese proverb" " Oh, my poor Gabriel!" "May sweet dreams surround you, while I waltz all night round you" " What?" " l mean "watch round you"" "In such a situation we have but one choice to perish in pain, or tear ourselves apart" "Let's tear ourselves apart!" "So I'm to be left all alone, a whole eight days without you!" "How can I put into words the awful sorrow I feel?" "How will I find it possible to bear being separated from my husband?" "Who have I to pour my heart out to?" "O God, how this moves me!" "I will be thinking of you at breakfast wanting to pour your coffee." "I will see the empty cup and cannot even smile at you!" "Overwhelmed by grief, I must drink mine quite unsweetened!" "O God, how this moves me!" "O God, how this moves me!" "Oh dear, how this moves me!" "Gone will be the happy scene when luncheon-time arrives!" "With no husband to partake of soup or steak or joint!" "And when night falls, again I'll feel a pang" "My grief will then know no limits!" "Oh dear, how this moves me!" "Why moan?" "I'm nearly off my head!" " l feel quite dazed!" " And me all confused!" "Farewell, then I must leave!" "Yet one sweet consolation remains!" "We'll surely meet again!" "We'll surely meet again!" "O God, how this moves me!" "Men!" "He's going to enjoy himself enormously in prison" "Who knows who else is there?" "And I sit here, a lonely deserted wife, and pity him" " ls he in jail?" " Yes, he's in jail" "A little refreshment." "That's nice!" "And considerate!" " Please, don't trouble yourself!" " You're right, I never do" " What are you doing then?" " Making myself comfortable" "Already?" "And in the master's dressing-gown!" "Doesn't it suit me perfectly?" "Darling, aren't you pleased?" " l should be pleased?" " About tonight and tomorrow morning!" "Breakfast!" " Breakfast?" " None of that awful white coffee" "Something substantial, roast beef, caviar, hard-boiled eggs" "Rosie, we'll need it I beg you, please leave now I kept my promise." "More you can't expect of me" "Rosie, once, just once!" "Do you want to compromise the one you once held dear?" "Of course not." "Wow!" "Tokay!" " Perfect for a wedding night!" " Don't drive me crazy!" "It doesn't matter." "Calm down, Rosie!" "First we'll drink, then sing" " And then..." " Don't sing!" "I'll go all weak" "Drink dear, drink quickly, drink puts brightness in your eyes" "Once your fair eyes are clear, you'll see everything as it really is" "You'll see that passion is a dream that fools us again and again" "You'll see that eternal devotion is a myth that exists no more" "Even if an illusion vanishes which once gladdened your heart wine comforts you by giving you oblivion!" "Happy is the one who accepts what has got to be" "Ding, ding, sing, sing, sing, drink with me, sing with me!" "What's to be done?" "Happy is the one who accepts what has got to be" "He won't go away, maybe he'll fall asleep" "Whatever am I to do?" " Your health!" " No, no!" "Drink dear, drink quickly, drink puts brightness in your eyes" "Do not frown, I beg of you, be merry and don't scold lf once you have been untrue, well, I'll forgive you" "Just swear you love me again and I will not doubt you lllusion brings us happiness even though the joy is brief" "Never fear, I believe you and am happy while today lasts!" "Happy is the one who accepts what has got to be" "I hear voices!" " lt doesn't matter!" " My husband!" " lt doesn't bother me!" " Disappear!" "I wouldn't dream of it!" "Do not alarm yourself, madam l am prison governor Frank I couldn't deny myself the pleasure of escorting your guilty husband personally to his " rest cure"" "But my husband is..." "Drink dear, drink quickly, drink puts brightness in your eyes!" "Please be quiet, we are not alone!" "That doesn't bother me!" "Ding, ding, sing with me, drink with me!" "My carriage is waiting below and I hope you will come quietly" "No!" "Happy is he who accepts what has got to be!" "Quite so!" "I see you are taking a humorous view of the situation" "Drink with me, sing with me!" "You see, I can be jolly too" "But now come along, Herr von Eisenstein!" "What am I to do?" "I'm not Herr von Eisenstein, I'm not the one you're looking for!" "You are not?" "Dash it all, no!" "There is no need to swear!" "Pretend to be my husband now!" "Did someone pull the wool over my eyes?" "Sir, what would you think of me if I were here with a stranger" "That would surely be very odd!" "By voicing doubts of that kind you cast aspersions on my honour indeed, you offend me" "Does not this very situation clearly speak for itself?" "Supping with me at so late an hour, in such intimate seclusion thus attired, without ceremony, who could it be but the spouse?" "Supping with her at so late an hour in such intimate seclusion thus attired, without ceremony, who could it be but the spouse?" "Looking like a pasha, you found him in his dressing-gown his cap upon his head" "That this picture could raise the slightest doubt I would not have believed possible" "Just look at the way he is yawning and yearning for rest" "In this tête-à-tête with me so late he has all but fallen asleep" "These bored and blasê airs can only be those of a husband!" "In this tête-à-tête with her so late he has all but fallen asleep" "These bored and blasê airs can only be those of a husband!" "You've dispelled my doubts, but I must be off now" "Please kiss one another goodbye!" " A goodbye kiss?" " A goodbye kiss!" "Well then, if I must..." "You must!" "...let me kiss you goodbye!" "If I must go to jail and take your husband's place I can also do his kissing for him" "Come, sweetheart, kiss me once again!" "Sir, I'm pressed for time, I'm expected at a party tonight" "So do let's make a move at last!" "You're bound to find my husband there" "They may put us in the same cell" " Have pity on me!" " Of course I will!" "Follow me quickly, the carriage is waiting below" "So let's be off, make haste!" "My beautiful big bird-cage is not far from here" "Many birds fly in and out and lodge there free" "So may I now invite you, too, dear sir, to be my valued guest" "Now, dear sir, just step this way!" "If I must, I'll go along!" " But be discreet!" " l will!" "Now let's be off quickly!" "In a moment I'll submit to my fate, but first let me take leave again!" "Enough, sir, that will do!" "Just one more kiss, then I'll be brave!" "No, no, enough, it's time to part!" "A kiss, to comfort me in my plight!" "Enough of this farewell, sir, or we'll never get away" "Enough, the time has come!" "His beautiful big bird-cage is not far from here" "Many birds fly in and out and lodge there free" "Now he invites you, too, to be his guest" "So please, do resign yourself, what must be must be" "Fate decrees that I am to dine alone tonight I willingly resign myself to it" "Why still indulge in vain quarrelling and lamentations?" "Away, then!" "What must be must be!" " Alas!" "What must be must be!" " indeed!" "So away now!" "Such a supper party was never seen before" "Only the best food and drink are ever served here!" "All the rooms full of splendour seem like a dream to us" "As though bewitched by magic all exclaim:" "How charming!" "How amusing, how entertaining!" "Such a supper party was never seen before" "Only the best food and drink are ever served here!" "How quickly time flies here!" "Surely no one could be bored" "The motto of this place is sheer amusement!" " Adele!" "You!" " Who else should I be?" " Have you a gentleman friend?" " Not yet. I've just come" "For God's sake, who invited you?" " You did" " Me?" "You wrote me a letter asking me to appear grandly dressed at the Villa Orlofsky" " Here I am" " Someone's played a joke on you" " A what?" " A joke lf l catch them!" "I make our aunt ill and bathe myself in tears to get away" "Steal, rob!" "I steal my mistress's best ball gown from the cupboard and then find somebody's played a joke on me. lt's so mean!" " lf l catch them!" " Now, just shut up!" "What do you plan to do now?" "You, a housemaid, in our society?" "You're not so fine yourself, with your ballet to-do" "Recently I saw you, fourth dwarf on the left, with such a beard!" " Without a beard!" " All right, what do we do now?" "Let it be." "D'you know what?" "I'll introduce you as an artiste!" " Wonderful!" "An artiste!" " Look out!" "The Prince!" "Quiet!" "Tartars say: " Even the cleverest bear cannot lay eggs"" " Such a wit have I never..." " Enough!" "Doctor, I can no longer laugh." "Everything bores me" " My millions are my misery" " That misery I would gladly share" " Nonetheless today you will laugh" " You think so?" "I hope so. I've arranged a little dramatic joke for you" " What is the comedy called?" " "The Revenge of a Bat"" "Title good!" "Ivan, vodka!" "The young one is the Prince" " So young and a prince already!" " Youth doesn't protect the noble" "The letter worked." "There's one of my characters already" " The leading lady?" " No, rather the cunning soubrette" "Highness, may I present Miss Olga, my sister" "Olga?" "That is a name from my country" " Do you speak Russian?" " Pardon?" "No, it's too cold for me" "What have we here?" "She's an artiste I love artistes, especially those who are up and coming" " Are you up and coming?" " lt's coming on" "Roulette, Your Highness" "Bah!" "Ladies, perhaps with the contents of this wallet you would like to try your luck." "Winning bores me to death" "With the greatest of pleasure." "But what if we have bad luck?" "I shall have the good luck to see you here again soon" " How do you like the Prince?" " A lovely person!" "Doctor, is Olga an artistic name?" "That depends." "Her name is Adele, and she is our hero's housemaid" " The Marquis Renard is our hero" " Ah!" "Good, good!" "Here I am. lt wasn't so easy to get away from my old lady" "And I had to go the hairdresser as well." "How do you like my curls?" " Has the meal begun already?" " Don't worry, not yet" " lt's very chic." "Shall we start?" " l bid you welcome, Marquis" "My pleasure." "Who's the boy then?" " The Prince Orlofsky" " Oops!" "Pardon me, Highness. I imagined a prince to be different somehow" "Cossacks say: "One knows a horse not by its walk but by its oats"" "Yes." "And by its "apples"" "Humour, eh?" " Are you a man of honour?" " l can't complain" "Then tell me on your honour, do you like vodka?" " When I must" " You must!" " Your health!" " Pardon?" "That doesn't help either." "Cheers!" "Lucky Marquis!" "Vodka still tickles you. I see you love it" "Very much!" " Then drink another glass!" " l mustn't rob you" "Drink!" "And then sit tight!" "Yes, yes." "Actually I should have been sitting tight long ago!" "I have still to acquaint you with my national peculiarities I like inviting people to a party, my guests get nothing but the best" "They're welcome to make merry, and often do until dawn l myself always have a boring time, no matter what they say or do" "Yet what, as host, is my privilege, I will not tolerate from my guests" "And if I see anyone being bored when he's at one of my parties I seize him without ceremony and kick him through the door" "Do you wonder why I do that sort of thing?" "Why then?" "It's just a habit of mine." "Chacun à son goût!" "If the bored ones are thrown out, the guests will really have fun!" "When I drink wine with others and empty bottle after bottle everyone's thirst must match my own or else I lose my temper" "As I go on filling glass after glass I don't stand for any argument I just can't abide it if you shout:" "No more, I've had enough lf anyone refuses to drink, giving himself airs and graces I throw the bottle at his head" "Do you wonder why I do that sort of thing?" "It's just a habit of mine." "Chacun à son goût!" " Highness, everything's gone!" " All the better" "That's Adele!" "And in my wife's dress too!" "May I introduce you." "Miss Olga, Miss Ida the Marquis Renard" " Now show us how you can act!" " Boldness be with me!" "Marquis, you're pulling a devilishly foolish face" "Doctor, I believe I shall laugh today after all" "Tell me, Miss Olga, have you always been a Miss Olga?" "Tell me, sir, have you always been a Marquis Renoir?" " This likeness!" " To whom, sir?" "If you insist to my housemaid" "Ida!" "I'm going to have my " margarine" !" "Ladies and gentlemen, this is going to be fun!" " You came at the right time!" " What's happening?" "Do tell us!" "You see this fair young lady?" "The Marquis thinks she is..." "No, it's too funny for words!" " Who is she then?" " Guess!" "He thinks I am a lady's maid, isn't that ridiculous?" "Most ridiculous!" "That's not very gallant of you, sir!" "What a blunder to make!" "How ungallant!" "The likeness is too striking!" "How ungallant!" "No wonder it confused me!" "My dear Marquis, a man like you ought to know better than that" "Let me therefore advise you to look at people more closely" "My hand is too tiny to behold, my foot too small and graceful!" "My speech, so refined, my dainty waist and elegant figure" "You'll never find a lady's maid who has these things!" "You must admit that your mistake was a very funny one indeed!" "Yes, very funny indeed is the matter!" "So forgive me if I have to laugh!" "Yes, very funny indeed is the matter!" "You are very funny, Marquis!" "By nature was I endowed with this profile of Grecian cut lf my face is not evidence enough, please look at my figure!" "Then, through your lorgnette, kindly examine the way I dress I honestly believe love blurred your sight" "The vision of that fair lady's maid holds your heart enthralled!" "So now you see her everywhere, truly a very funny thing to happen!" "Yes, very funny indeed is the matter!" "So forgive me if I have to laugh!" "Yes, very funny indeed is the matter!" "Ladies and gentlemen, I've been laughed at enough for my mistake I solemnly beg your pardon, before all the guests and His Highness" "Granted." "But in future watch out for pretty maids, luv!" "Chevalier Chagrin?" " The Prison Governor, Frank" " Ah, good, good!" "Dear Chevalier, I bid you heartily welcome on behalf of His Highness" "Forgive me for being a little late, Your Highness" "Don't trouble yourself." "My guests are at home here" "May I introduce you." "Chevalier Chagrin... the Marquis Renard" "They're compatriots then!" "Good!" " He's not going to speak French?" " Yes, why not?" " Say something!" " But what?" "If he wants more it will mean " malheur" !" "I want outsi!" "François Chagrin" "Franzl for short" "Chabrier Renoir" "Chappi for short" "The ballet Rats" "Ballet?" "Grande toilette!" "Toilette?" "Grande?" "Second door on the left" " But that's English" " God, I can speak English too!" "Marquis, we don't understand a word" "We'd much rather have German "conservation"" "I don't like speaking with a compatriot in "Germaine"  but if the ladies absolutely insist, " pas de quoi"" " Have you been long hereabouts?" " Just three days" " Haven't you met yet?" " No, I seldom appear in public" " l move more in closed circles" " But I hope we meet again soon" "Perhaps as soon as tomorrow!" "What will they say when they really know each other?" "Highness, can't we eat yet?" "I'm starving!" "Ladies and gentlemen, I beg you to be patient a little longer" "We are still waiting for a highly interesting lady a Hungarian countess who has had to take certain precautions" " Probably married, poor thing!" " Yes, to a jealous old ass" "How stupid husbands are!" "For this reason the poor lady will appear in a mask I beg you, ladies and gentlemen, to respect it" "Naturally." "The Kalmucks say:" ""As long as the nightingale sings one must plant the asparagus"" "I suggest we stroll a little before enjoying supper" "Tonight we have plenty of time" "What a lovely little watch!" "Isn't it charming?" "Maybe tonight I'll still have the chance to make a present of it to an artiste" " l've got none" " And I've only one" "It is Adele!" "I know that squeal!" "Here I am" "You, madam?" "Fantastic!" "You wrote that Gabriel should not recognise me. ls he really here?" "See for yourself" "That's Adele, and in my dress too!" "I'll write a prescription for your poor sick aunt!" "But not here, please" "Don't worry." "The powder keg will explode tomorrow but then with a huge bang!" "That watch, dear Marquis, is a real talisman" "Yes, I have to thank it for countless conquests lf your wife knew that!" "She's lying in her little bed now and dreaming of her little Chappi" "She has no idea how late it is" "Five to twelve, my love!" " Where do you live actually?" " Nearby, five minutes on the left" "What?" "Just like me, only to the right." "Odd we've not met yet" " That will change!" " Yes!" "Friends!" "Yes, friends, Franzl!" "What are you laughing at now?" "It's absurd if men embrace in the presence of beautiful women" "Where are the beautiful women then?" "Wow!" "That's her?" "The Hungarian countess?" "That one will fall for me like mad!" "Gentlemen, leave her to me!" "None of them can resist me" "Veni, vidi, vici and, boompsi!" "There is she!" "I don't believe the "countess" fairytale" "She'll bite the bait of the watch like all the others" " What a lovely lady's watch!" " lsn't it charming?" "Where can one buy such a lovely little lady's watch?" "At the little lady's watchmaker" " A talisman?" " A Sesame Opener!" " You're not married then?" " Do I look it?" " Cheeky boy!" " Pardon?" " Won't you lift your mask a bit?" " Not today, but tomorrow I can't make it tomorrow I have a sitting, a secret sitting closed to the public" " Maybe I'll be there too" " You're joking lf l could only filch that watch!" "As corpus delicti" "This charming manner, this figure, slim and dainty" "And this pretty little foot which should be covered with kisses..." " ...if she'd allow it - instead of being in prison he's enjoying himself with kisses instead of penance" "But wait, you wicked man" "You won't elude your punishment!" "How easily this entrancing vision could vanish into thin air!" "Won't you please lift the mask which conceals your face from me?" "Sir, I beg you, don't be forward, hands off!" "Etiquette bids you show respect for a masked incognito!" " How eagerly he ogles me" " Both confused and moved..." " How pleading his looks - ...she's retreating" " He has no idea..." " Let's see if it will work..." " ...who I am - ...or if she will resist" " Yes, soon I will bring it off" " Yes, soon I will bring it off" " l'll drag the villain to justice - l want to see if she'll resist..." " l'll try to lure him into the trap!" " ...or be lured into the trap!" "Oh, everything is getting blurred and I'm having palpitations, too!" "To be sure, already love has set her heart astir!" "It's an old complaint, but it's always over quickly" "All's well if my heartbeats match the ticking of a watch" "That we can find out at once!" "Let's count, please!" "Yes, let's count, do let's count!" "One, two, three, four" "Five, six, seven, nine" "No, that can't be, for after seven comes eight" "You've utterly confused me." "Let's change places" "Change places?" "How?" "You count my heartbeats now and I the ticking of your watch" "Just for five minutes, please!" "Now you count, my dear Marquis!" "Here we go, then!" "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight" "Hop, hop, hop, hop, and so we gallop!" "Six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve" "Hop, hop, gallop on to six hundred and nine!" " We can't have gone that far!" " l've gone even farther!" " No, no, no!" " Half a million!" "I mean it, half a million!" " How can one count so badly?" " To hell with mathematics!" "No more repeating for you today!" "She wants to keep my watch!" "My watch!" " Thank you so much!" " l only meant to..." "Surely you're joking!" "She did not walk into the trap, but got my watch instead!" "I've dearly paid for this joke and made an ass of myself!" "Oh, my watch, please!" "I only meant to..." "She did not walk into the trap" "Oh, if only I had my watch back!" "Oh dear!" "Oh dear!" "I've dearly paid for this joke and made an ass of myself!" "My watch has been pinched!" "I've made an ass of myself!" "There's the beautiful Unknown" "Who says she's beautiful?" "I'm not sure. lf she were beautiful she wouldn't wear a mask" "We'll ask her to take her mask off" "Stop, ladies and gentlemen, that is against the agreement ln my house every lady has the right to hide or to reveal what she likes." "So don't be shy, fair one" " My watch is gone" " Where is it then?" "In her decolletê" " You'll never find it there" " You're right!" "I believe the lady's not Hungarian at all" "What?" "Me?" "Not Hungarian?" "Watch out, she bites!" "And what guarantee have we that you are genuinely Hungarian?" "The music!" "The sounds of my homeland!" "Hey, csárdás!" "Songs of my homeland, you waken my longing bringing tears to my eyes!" "When I hear you, songs of my native land I feel drawn back to you, my fair land, to Hungary!" "O you wonderful country of mine how brightly the sun shines there!" "How green your forests, how smiling your fields o land where l knew such happiness!" "Yes, your beloved vision fills my soul completely" "And even though I am far from you to you alone my heart belongs for all eternity to you and to no other!" "Fire, lust for life, swells the Magyar's heart!" "Swiftly to the dance!" "Gaily sounds the csárdás!" "Sunburned maiden, my partner you must be" "Give me your arm, dark-eyed beauty!" "Thirsty revellers, take your glasses and pass them quickly round!" "Sip the fires that burn in tokay!" "Drink a toast to the Fatherland!" " Now, am I a real Hungarian?" " Yes!" "The most beautiful csárdás I ever heard ln Kirghiz they say: "When violins play, the stomach must sing"" "So now, ladies and gentlemen, to supper at last" "Please be seated!" "And now, Doctor, it's your turn" "What about the joke you promised?" "The Doctor promised me that today I would finally laugh again" " What about, Your Highness?" " About you, for instance" "Why me?" "Because of some old story involving a bat" "Stop, ladies and gentlemen, only I can tell this story" "And then you'll laugh, not at me but at Doctor Falke lt was some years ago." "Falke and I were good friends, and unmarried" "What!" "You're married?" "Oh, my " hops" !" "Keep " hopping" on quietly." "One never knows what will happen lt was at the Schönbrunn masked ball I was dressed as a butterfly." "And Falke... lf you tell the story like this, we'll never hear it" "Falke was a bat ln the morning he was a bit tipsy i threw him out of the carriage in this costume with huge wings among the screaming market women and street urchins" "And he had to flap his way home in shame" "Since then he's been called Doctor Bat" "And he has not yet had his revenge?" " Precisely, Your Highness!" " He who laughs last, laughs best" "And now, ladies and gentlemen..." "Champagne!" "The King of all wines!" "Here's to His sparkling Majesty and all his subjects!" "In the grape's fiery stream a heavenly substance is sparkling" "Kings and emperors are fond of laurel wreaths" "But they're equally fond of the grape's sweet juice" "Raise your glasses, and together drink a toast to the king of all wines!" "Raise your glasses!" "His Majesty's rule is known throughout the land" "He is acclaimed as King Champagne the First!" "His Majesty's rule is known throughout the land" "He is acclaimed as King Champagne the First!" "Long live Champagne the First!" "The nations pay homage to the world's remotest corners" "Champagne can wash away many cares" "A wise ruler never lets his people go thirsty" "Raise your glasses, and together drink a toast to the king of all wines!" "Raise your glasses!" "His Majesty's rule is known throughout the land" "He is acclaimed as King Champagne the First!" "The monk, in the quiet of his cell, draws refreshment from the source" "To moisten his lips he must take many a sip until his nose resembles a sparkling ruby" "Raise your glasses and together drink a toast to the king of all wines!" "Raise your glasses!" "His Majesty's rule is known throughout the land" "He is acclaimed as King Champagne the First!" "Chevalier, I salute you!" "Merci, merci, merci!" "Your very good health, Marquis!" "Merci, merci, merci!" "Long life, Chevalier and Marquis!" "Merci, merci, merci!" "Stop, listen to me!" "I've had an idea!" "Listen to him!" "I see that each has found his partner and many a pair of hearts is united in love" "So let us all be one great band of brothers and sisters alike!" "One great band, so be it!" "One great band, so be it!" "You too, fair mask, belong to it!" "If all are kissing, I can't refuse!" "Do as I do, let each take his glass and to his neighbour sing these lines:" "Brother dear and sister sweet we all want to be, repeat after me!" "Brother dear and sister sweet let us use the tender "thou"  for all eternity the same as now if tomorrow we still remember!" "First a kiss" "Then a "thou"" "Thou, thou, thou, all the way!" "Brother dear and sister sweet we all want to be, repeat after him!" "Brother dear and sister sweet let us use the tender "thou"  for all eternity the same as now if tomorrow we still remember!" "And now, ladies and gentlemen, the "Thunder and Lightning" Polka" "That's enough!" "Let us have a waltz!" "To sparkling music as merry companions let's crown our feast!" "Take your place for a dance that will enhance the feast!" "What a party, what a night of joy!" "Love and wine fill us with bliss!" "If through life we could waltz like this every hour would be sheer delight!" "You're my support, dear friend!" "Yes, your support for life!" "What a touching reunion there's going to be in jail!" "What a party, what a night of joy!" "Love and wine fill us with bliss!" "If through life we could waltz like this every hour would be sheer delight!" "Brother, my watch is quite wrong" "What's the time by yours?" "Brother, mine's not going right either because it's altogether gone!" "Fair one, here before us all, please unmask at last so that I may see who is my prize and who got away with my watch" "Don't ask to see what's hidden here its sight would make you tremble!" "What's that supposed to mean?" "A good joke this!" "Indeed, a capital joke!" "If you're a man, take a look at her!" "What a come-down if you gave in now!" "Oh, I have the pluck all right!" "Now, my dear, resist me no longer!" "I've a pimple on my nose" "That's why my face is covered!" "I don't believe in that pimple!" "No, he's not frightened by a pimple!" "I've just got to see that face!" "He's just got to see that face!" "One, two, three" "Four, five, six!" "My hat, quick, my hat!" "It's high time we left!" "His hat, quick!" "Listen to him shout!" " l'm due in jail!" " l should have gone hours ago!" "My hat, quick, my coat!" "His hat, his coat, ha ha ha!" "Give him his hat, his coat!" "You'll come with me part of the way?" "At the nearest corner we'll say goodbye!" "Let's go, then!" "Au revoir!" "Ha ha!" "What a party, what a night of joy!" "Love and wine fill us with bliss!" "If through life we could waltz like this every hour would be sheer delight!" "Quiet!" "When a decent civil servant comes to the office early he wants his rest." "He needs it" "Quiet, you in No. 1 2!" "You're not in an opera house, you're in a respectable place" "Here you don't sing." "Here you do time" "Quiet!" "First a dove, then a swan." "He must deal in birds" "So, now we'll get to work" "My, how time passes!" "I don't use that any more" "Good morning!" "That was the slivovitz" "Good that I thought of it" " Sing with me..." " No, I won't sing. I'm angry" " Drink dear, drink quickly!" " Ah, that's different!" "Quiet!" "I don't drink quickly." "I'm not stupid" "Slowly." "Slowly but regularly" "Now that's a sound, a sound that fills up my soul" "And now I have to get the slivovitz in as well lt has to come along this empty little street" "Wonderful!" "A slivovitz like this makes another man of me" "But why shouldn't the other man have a slivovitz too?" "I'm not stingy." "I want everyone to have something" "Here you are, drink up!" "Cheers!" "Yes, that's a work climate!" "" La donna ê mobile" ." "And he sings that in German?" "He'd better not try that in Milan!" ""This portrait is enchanting"" "He's a real flatterer." "And I haven't even given him my photo lf you sing again here, mister, then out you go!" "That's what he was scared of, the cast-off choirboy!" "But I'll bet myself a slivovitz he starts singing again by the... by the..." "Help me a bit" "Not like that!" "Now I'm embarrassed" "Not so high." "It makes it more difficult ...by the time I count to three" "One, two another two half-past two..." "He won't let me die of thirst?" "Quarter to three" "Ah, he didn't fail me after all!" "Fantastic!" "I've won!" "I've won!" "So, that's it!" "The slivovitz is gone." "Now we'll start work" "Mr. Prisoner, can't you open up for me from inside I've brought the wrong keys" "No, sit tight." "It's open - like a modern prison" "Mongols say: " lf you hadn't climbed, you wouldn't have fallen"" "Come, Olga and Ida." "Another waltz!" "That's too fast!" "Marquis, give me your hand." "Be my friend!" "His Majesty's rule is known throughout the land" "He is acclaimed as King Champagne the First!" "Long live Champagne the First!" " Leave me alone, drunken idiot!" " You call a public servant a drunken idiot?" "Take it back at once" " l wouldn't think of it" " Well, at least the "drunken"" " All right, you idiot" " Yes, that's better" "Why not say that right away?" "Look there!" "A new admission, a fresher!" "No, it's only our Governor in person" "He's groaning under the power of the press" "Ouch!" "He bites!" "That was my favourite finger" "Governor, your little Frosch is here to report" "Ah, don't tickle me!" "Olga, I'd rather have a kiss!" "Now he's started!" "Governor, your civil authority stops here!" "Anyway, I'm engaged." "Public servant Frosch reporting" "Why did you waken me up, you drunken idiot?" "I've heard that already today" " What's wrong with you?" " l have a headache" " No wonder, with a head like that" " So, what is it?" "Your obedient servant reporting" "Wow!" "I'm in the papers" "Frosch, what is new?" " Nothing, Governor" " What?" "Nothing comma Governor..." "Only the prisoner in No. 1 2 wants a renal deviser" " What?" " A regal ariser" " What?" " No, a legal adviser" " He wants to speak to a lawyer" " He has a right to that" " Damned Champagne!" " Blasted slivovitz!" " Someone's ringing" " Yes" " Someone's ringing!" " That's because we have a bell" "But I've become used to it" " Go and see who's there" " Do I have to?" " Maybe you think I should look?" " lt'd suit me better" "Now go and look out of the window and see who's ringing!" "It's your responsibility then." "I think I've had a drop too much" " What's happened?" " Nothing, Governor l've only bent a state windowpane a little doing my duty" " And what do you see, Mr. Frosch?" " Bits of glass, Mr. Governor" " And what else do you see?" " Two ladies. lt could be just one" " See how they look!" " Don't they like my hunting coat?" "Frosch!" "What do the ladies look like below?" "The ladies?" "Below?" "Governor, you're a naughty little lad!" "Reporting the ladies below to be healthy" "Yes, a bit of all right" "Now ask who they are and what they want. lt's enough to drive one mad" "Who are you?" "What do you want?" "It's enough to drive one mad!" "Just say we're Olga and Ida" "They say they're Olga and Ida" "Olga?" "Ida?" "Show them up, quick, quick!" "Quick drowned last night in the slivovitz" "That Olga and that Ida!" "The two have never been 'ere" "Far too early they were seen 'ere." "But I take it all lying down 'ere" "And with Olga and with Ida, I think nothing could be sweeter" "If I only had something wet!" "Tastes of nothing at all!" "Governor!" "Out there..." "Ah!" "Now, of all times!" "And it's just been newly tiled outside!" "Out there are two ladies who want to speak to a gentleman" "But that's not you, with your... I kiss your hand, ladies!" "Frosch, leave us alone" "Wouldn't it be better to leave me with the ladies seeing the state you're in?" "Out!" "He's a dog in the manger!" "I don't care!" "I'm at your service, ladies" "You must be surprised, Chevalier, at our early visit" " We have to make a confession" " Already?" "You tell him!" " l'm not what I seem to be" " My sister isn't an artiste" "No." "Actually I'm in the service of Mr. von Eisenstein" " As... as..." " His housekeeper, right?" " Chamberlady" " She's just a housemaid" "Housemaid!" "And you let me kiss your hand?" "My mouth too!" " Discretion, please!" " Yes, that stays between us" "But as you'll see Mr. von Eisenstein, I have a request I was in my mistress's best dress at the Villa Orlofsky and I want you to put in a good word for me" "So that he forgives you?" "No, so he'll give me the dress." "It suits me so well!" " Absurd!" "He'll fire you" " He did that long ago!" "We've come to ask you to help my sister train as an artiste sort of "disinterestedly" , one could say I should let her train "disinterestedly" ?" " Have you lost your senses?" " Yes, I want to go on the stage" "What?" "The theatre?" "Do you have talent?" "Do I have talent?" "Watch this, and see for yourself" "When I act the innocent country girl, needless to say in a short skirt I teasingly frisk about as if I were a little squirrel" "If a comely young man comes along, I wink at him with a smile only through my fingers like a child of nature and tug at my apron-strings" "That's the way I rope them in if he follows me, naively I say:" "You're a naughty one!" "Then by him on the grass I'll sit and finally you can hear me sing" "When you have seen this you will have to admit the loss involved would not be trifling if, with such talent as this I did not go on the stage!" "When I act as a noble queen with true majesty I move nodding here and nodding there with regal splendour surrounded" "All the people make way for me listening reverently to my song" "Smilingly my realm and my subjects I rule every inch their undoubted queen!" "When you have seen this you will have to admit the loss involved would not be trifling if, with such talent as this I did not go on the stage!" "See me play a lady of Paris who's married to a marquis" "Then a young Count comes along who's after my wifely virtue" "For two acts I refuse to yield, but in the third I begin to weaken" "When suddenly the door flies open:" "it's my husband, what am I to do?" "Impressive!" "" Forgiveness!" l cry and he forgives" "The final scene moves all to tears" "Naturally I'll let you train" "Governor, there's another one here" "He looks like a drunk head-waiter, probably a new admission" "A Marker Renoir" " The Marquis!" " He mustn't see us here" "Can you hide us?" "The whole prison is sold out" " Except No. 1 3" " Why is No. 1 3 free?" "Normally my brother-in-law is in No. 1 3." "But he's improved himself" "He's gone into politics" " Off you go!" " lf you give me a Mark" "Are both ladies to be locked up?" "Do what you like with them, but disappear!" "With both of them?" "That'll keep me busy!" " Chappi!" " Franzl, what are you doing here?" "I see you've something to drink." "Permit me. I'm dying of thirst" "Help yourself, as if you were at home" "Many thanks. I really am at home here now" "No, I could say that sooner of myself" "What have you been doing to be locked up here?" "Dear friend, I must make a confession I'm not Chevalier Chagrin" "My name is Frank and I'm the prison governor here" " That's a splendid joke!" " Yes, and I'm all wet" "Are you still so drunk that you think you're the governor here?" " You doubt it?" " Yes, I doubt it" "Soon you'll be convinced" "You'll believe me directly." "Just watch, my friend!" "Ye gods!" "This staff!" " How often do I have to ring?" " How often did you ring?" " Three times" " That's quite sufficient" "Seize this gentleman and lock him up" "As you order, Governor." "Up you get!" "No resistance, please, against the power of the state" "Leave me in peace!" "You stink of schnapps" "Should I rinse with "4 7 1 9" just for you?" "Shall I put the bracelets on him?" "No, no, let him go." "It was only a joke" "These eternal amnesties will ruin a state!" "You'll excuse the little joke" "What's going on?" " Governor!" " Yes?" "We've been walled in!" "Idiot, there's the way out!" "I thought it was the way in." "These eternal diversions!" "Are you finally convinced, dear Marquis?" "Don't bother me with your " Marquis"" "I'm no more a marquis than you are a chevalier I've come to sit out my eight-day sentence and my name is Eisenstein" " That's a splendid joke!" " And now I'm all wet too" "No, my friend, just as I've proved that I'm Prison Governor Frank I can also prove that you are not Mr. von Eisenstein" "I find that interesting." "So tell me!" "Last night I arrested Mr. von Eisenstein personally" " Was he at home?" " Yes, naturally" "He sat cosily at supper, in his dressing-gown, with his wife ln his dressing-gown, having supper with his..." " With my wife?" " No, with his wife" "His wife is my wife!" "What?" "I didn't know you both had a wife together!" "Where is this Mr. von Eisenstein?" "Governor, there's another one out there" " What kind of one?" " A lady, she says" " And what does she look like?" " That she didn't say" " What's her name?" " What did she say?" "Yellow Oak" "No, wait." "Blue Beech" "Now I've got it!" "Rose Linden I knew it was a tree." "She could be a real marquise" "She had this chaise-longue behind her, like this" "Excuse us a minute" "My God, excuses!" "This is a madman!" "I'm here and also at home, having supper, with my wife..." "One, two... and now a little hop!" " Wh-wh-why are you guiding me?" " You're blind, aren't you?" "N-n-nonsense!" "I'm not b-b-blind." "That's my n-n-name!" " Your name is F-F-Frosch" " Yes" "You're a big f-f-frog!" "Get out!" "For a stutterer, you've a fluid pronunciation!" "I'll go and fetch Mr. von Eisenstein" "Ha ha!" "Wh-wh-what did that i-i-idiot say?" "You're already h-h-here!" "I'm not only h-h-here, I'm also th-th-there!" " What are you doing here?" " You s-s-sent for me I sent for you?" "That i-i-idiot of a guard told me that Mr. von Ei..." "Ei..." "Ei..." ""An egg a day keeps trouble away" from the " Uzbek Home Friend"" "Eisenstein wanted to speak to me" "Then Eisenstein is a fool" " That's right, yes" " Take that back immediately I'm so happy that I've got it out!" "Stop!" " l have an idea" " You a-a-amaze me!" " You must resign your job to me" " You mean for your n-n-nice job?" "Enough!" "I'll use your hat, the briefcase, your coat..." "Not the tr-tr-trous...!" "...your glasses and your wig" "Ha ha!" "Ha ha ha... haven't got a wig!" "This is your own hair?" "Eh?" "Whata... whata... whata..." " Water is outside" " What a liberty!" "Come, you stuffed dove, here's the lawyer who wants to talk to you" "But there's nobody here" "Now he's so blind you can't see him at all!" " Where can he be?" " l don't know" "Ah, maybe he's..." " Will it take long?" " He stutters" "Do you have a light?" "Smoking is strictly forbidden here lt is forbidden for a civil servant to take such small bribes" "But what happens behind my back is nobody's business" "Oh, nice!" "What do you do then for a living?" " Opera singer" " Where do you sing?" "Berlin, Hamburg, Vienna, La Scala Milan, Castrop-Rauxel..." " ..." "St. Pölten" " St. Pölten?" "I know it too" " Where do you pay tax?" " Here" "Here you are." "You're a poor devil" "Now he's gone too. lt's horrible." "My adventure is becoming a bore" "Nobody cares" "My Rosalinde is visiting me in prison!" "Alfred, be sensible for once!" "My husband can come any minute" "He mustn't see you here, least of all in his dressing-gown!" "Maybe the lawyer who's come knows what to do" "One, two..." "Watch out!" "Now a little hop" "You've grown a bit since the last time" " Get out!" " Pronunciation's just as fluid!" "I'm filled with trepidation" "Were I to use violence..." "What will he ask me?" "...he wouldn't tell me a thing" "Can I take the risk... I'd love to knock him down ...of telling him the whole story?" "But must desist ln this situation one must be discreet!" "I must not so much as threaten this impertinent fellow here!" "Now, will you please tell me everything in fullest detail without suppressing anything while I make notes!" "It's a very queer case, as you will see in a moment" "And even a rather involved one, as one must admit!" "Well, then, state the facts of the case in which I am to act as your counsel!" "A strange adventure befell me last night I was arrested by mistake and brought here because I was dining late with this lady lt serves you right!" "You acted like a cad!" "What has come over you?" "You're supposed to defend me!" "Forgive me if I use strong language I'm carried away by the subject I didn't mean to hurt your feelings, I'm supposed to be defending you!" "This outburst, sir, is truly odd!" "I'm confused by what I learn, but I'll keep calm" "Do keep calm, for fits like that are really most unseemly!" "I still have to conceal my rage" "It all happened by accident and nothing wrong came to pass" "But if it became known I would be compromised as my husband would no doubt believe me to have done wrong!" "And rightly so, at that, you acted most disgracefully!" "What has come over you?" "You're supposed to defend me!" "Forgive me if I use strong language, but I'm carried away by the subject I didn't mean to hurt your feelings, I'm supposed to be defending you!" "This outburst, sir, is truly odd!" "I'm confused by what I learn!" "So I'll keep calm, for l still have to conceal my rage" "Do keep calm, for fits like that are really most unseemly!" "Please tell me everything and omit nothing" "Have you overlooked anything?" "Did nothing else happen?" "Why these questions?" " Really, sir!" " Will you please say if anything else happened?" "What do you take me for, sir?" "Why these questions?" "Answer me in all truthfulness, did nothing else happen?" "I must know everything!" "Really, sir!" "It almost looks as though you felt some sympathy for my husband" "So let me tell you this:" "my husband is a monster" "And never will I be able to forgive his wretched, faithless conduct" "He spent all last night in the company of young ladies having the time of his life!" "But the wicked man won't get away with it" "Once I have him back at home I'll first scratch out his eyes, then sue him for divorce!" "She'll first scratch out his eyes, then sue him for divorce!" "She'll first scratch out my eyes, then sue me for divorce!" "As you now know everything, kindly tell us what to do" "Tell us how we can put this husband's nose a little out of joint!" " This is too perfidious for words!" " What do you mean?" "Why all this shouting, sir?" "Tremble, you malefactors, your punishment is nigh!" "I stand here as avenger!" "I myself am Eisenstein!" "So he is Eisenstein!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes, I'm the one you deceived, the one you lied to!" "Now I will have vengeance awful to behold!" "Did he not himself deceive me telling me most shameful lies?" "And now he screams for vengeance!" "No forgiveness, no regrets!" "I alone claim vengeance!" "So, you want revenge, you little ladies' watchmaker?" "My watch?" "You were the one I adored?" " Idiot that I am!" " So you're Mr. von Eisenstein?" "Yes, I'm Mr. von Eisenstein, and you'll give me satisfaction" "Take your hands out of my dressing-gown pockets!" "First have the goodness to serve the other seven days yourself I should go to prison?" "That would suit you!" "I won't think of it!" "It seems you've reached the recognition scene" "Right." "Mr. von Eisenstein is burning for you to lock him up" "I am not Eisenstein at all!" "Who'll prove that I am?" "Governor, a prison revolt!" "The ladies in No. 1 3 won't let me bath them" "Oh!" "My former mistress!" " l'll give you a few in a minute!" " And Mr. von Eisenstein!" "The evidence doesn't concern me?" "I'm not going to prison" "Then I'll call on some other witnesses" "O Bat, your triumph is complete." "Now let your victim finally go!" "The poor man's sorry plight could hardly be more pitiful!" "Won't you now explain to me what it's all supposed to mean?" "I'm still groping in the dark" "That's the Bat's revenge!" "O Bat, your triumph is complete." "Now let your victim finally go!" "The poor man's sorry plight could hardly be more pitiful!" "But now, please, do explain!" "All that has troubled you was a joke that I devised!" "And all of us had a part in it!" " What?" "The Prince?" " l had a part in it!" " And Adele?" " So did I!" " Your supper?" " Was make-believe!" " But my dressing-gown?" " Just a prop!" "What relief, what joy, what bliss!" "Oh, how glad I am to hear it!" "Come, dear wife, into my arms!" "Well, it was not quite like that" "We won't rob him of the illusion that's giving him such joy!" "And what's to become of me?" "If you stay in jail with me I will, as your paternal friend, have you trained for the stage" "No, as patron of the arts I can't let such talent escape me!" "It's just a habit of mine." "Chacun à son goût!" "It's just a habit of his." "Chacun à son goût!" "Rosalinde!" "Forgive your faithful Gabriel!" "You see, it was all the fault of the champagne!" "It's all the fault of champagne, what we have endured this night" "Yet it made me see my husband's infidelity and led him to repent!" "Raise your glasses, and together drink a toast to the king of all wines!" "Raise your glasses!" "His Majesty's rule is known throughout the land" "He is acclaimed as King Champagne the First!"