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    ho am I? I am an improvement

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    n the chorus of ancient theatre;am Public Opinion,

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    symbolic personage,

    nd what you might call a stickler.

    :03:22,920 --> 00:03:26,754he ancient chorus took it upon itself

    o explain to people

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    hat they' already understood,

    f they were intelligent.

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    go one better;. I play a part myself

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    nd, as I take part in the action,

    apportion

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    raise or blame.

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    woman should beware of me

    f she intends to betray her husband,

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    nd so should the husband

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    ho wants to pull a stroke on his wife!.

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    t's to the characters in the drama

    hat Im speaking, rest assured!

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    ere comes our Eurydice;, Im off...

    ut I'll be there all the time,

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    eady to appear from the wings

    ike a "Deus ex machina".

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    he woman with a dream in her heart

    annot sleep;,

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    very day she rises

    ith the sun.

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    t morning, the flowers which line

    he meadows are more beautiful.

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    But for whom are these flowers?"

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    ou ask! Do you?

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    on't say anything to my husband,

    o my husband,

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    ut they are for the handsome shepherdho lives just here,

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    ho lives just here,

    ho lives just here,

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    on't say anything to my husband.

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    very day like this I bring

    he lovely shepherd

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    eautiful cornflowers, which

    tremblingly hang on his door,

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    nd my poor heart throbs

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    nd races.

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    o for whom does it beat so fast?

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    o you ask? Do you?

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    or whom? Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

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    on't say anything to my husband,o my husband,

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    ut they are for the handsome shepherd

    ho lives just here,

    3

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    ho lives just here,

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    on't say anything to my husband,

    on't say anything to my husband.

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    e's out! When he comes back

    ll make sure his house

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    strewn with flowers.

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    hat's this? Isn't that the lovely nymph

    aquilla whom I adore?

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    he's alone!

    shall reveal my presence singing.

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    a la la la la...

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    ell! My husband!

    Damnation! It's my wife! How silly!

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    d better start shouting before

    he does! Ah! Madame, you are caught!

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    y whom pray? For what?

    For what? rather for whom

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    re those flowers, pray?

    What flowers? Ah! for the sun,

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    or the wind; and for whom is this

    assionate tune on your scratch box?

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    or the moon. -For the moon, fine,

    we all love the moon! Well, do you know,

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    hat I think, my dear? that if I've got

    y shepherd, youve got your shepherdess.

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    o, you can have your shepherdess

    ut leave me my shepherd.

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    ome! Madame, what you are saying

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    in bad taste! -Why would that be?

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    ecause... Really! Im going red!

    Ha! Ha! Really! But if that colour

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    oesn't suit you,

    e'll find you another.

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    urydice! -Ah, no!

    mean, it's time to reveal, at last!

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    isten, Im going to tell

    ou the truth, maestro Orpheus,

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    y pure, blushing husband!

    isten, I detest you!

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    thought I was marrying an artist,

    nd I've hitched myself

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    o the most boring man in creation.

    ou think, you're a poet

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    ecause you invented the hexameter!

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    hate hexameters,

    hate dreams and classical hymns,

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    nd above all, above all

    hat execrable instrument there!

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    y violin! Don't put you finger

    n that string, Madame!

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    m bored with your violin! Go and play

    o those third-rate shepherdesses

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    ou like so much, and charm them! Go on!

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    for me, Im the daughter of a nymph

    nd a demi-god,

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    must have freedom,

    must have fantasy!

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    must have... Today Im in loveith this shepherd, he loves me,

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    othing will separate me from Aristaeus!

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    h! So that's it!

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    es, dear!

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    your husband, you are deceiving me?

    Yes, dear, yes, dear!

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    an artist, you scorn me?

    Yes, dear, yes, dear!

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    a violinist, you don't like me?

    No, dear, no, dear,

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    a violinist you seem dire to me;

    an instrumentalist you're boring;

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    nd your instrument, your instrument

    find hugely displeasing.

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    h! for your insolence

    shall have my revenge!

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    nd how, and how,

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    ow, pray?

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    o play you forthwith

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    work of genius,

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    y latest concerto!

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    ercy, mercy, I beg you!

    No, no, it cannot wait,

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    t is the pinnacle of my art,

    t lasts an hour and a quarter!

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    or heaven's sake, an hour and a quarter!

    An hour and a quarter!

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    t's the pinnacle of my art!

    shan't listen. -Oh yes you will.

    :10:34,360 --> 00:10:39,115shan't listen. -Oh yes you will!

    o, no, no, no, no!

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    ercy!

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    h!

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    t's deplorable, it's frightful,

    t's adorable, it's delectable,

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    t's so boring, it's so irritating...

    it's ravishing, it's enthralling...

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    h! ah! ah! ah!

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    t's so boring, it's so irritating, ah!

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    h! It's charming, it's ravishing!

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    t's so boring, it's so irritating, ah!

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    h! It's charming, it's ravishing!

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    h! ah! ah! ah! ah! ah!

    ah! ravishing, ah! ah! ah!

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    t's so boring, it's so irritating,

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    oring!

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    ust listen to this motif,

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    nagnagnagnagnagna!

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    t's so boring, it's so irritating!

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    o, I just don't want to hear!

    Ah! it's so sweet! Ah! so tender!

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    o, it's horrible, it's terrible!

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    uel trmolo! -Ah!

    resto, presto! -Ah!

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    :13:11,360 --> 00:13:15,114argo, largo! -Ah!

    izzicato, pizzicato!

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    t's terrible, it's terrible,

    Presto, presto! Amoroso! Agitato!

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    h!

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    a la la, la, la...

    Oh, Lord! Ah, what torment!

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    Venus, be good to me,

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    ave me from my husband!

    ..Ia la la, la, la.

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    h, what torment!

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    t's over, he's gone!

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    h, Lord! save me

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    rom my husband,

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    h!

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    h, Venus, fair goddess, save me fromrpheus, and I'll make you a sacrifice

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    f ten lambs whiter than milk!

    Oh! Jupiter, lord of the thunder,

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    ree me from Eurydice, and I will singour praises on my four-stringed lyre.

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    adame, I can deceive myself no longer!

    hen a woman has come to... this,

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    er back n the straight and narrow...

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    erfect! So let's separate!

    Ah, Id gladly do that...

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    h!

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    ut my reputation...

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    need people's respect.

    am an slave to Public Opinion:

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    t's my weakness, allow me to keep it.

    for your follower,

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    ll blow him apart!

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    With your bow?

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    o, and Im not telling you how...

    ust one thing: he shouldn't frolic

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    mong the corn, as he has been doing

    ince he came from who knows

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    here to live in my district.

    And who's is going to stop him? -Who!

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    little surprise

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    hat Ive sown for him

    mong these golden ears

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    ere!

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    eaning?Nothing! That's all!

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    ell, Im off to give my lessons

    t the Orpheon...

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    :16:08,680 --> 00:16:12,389arewell, my lovely,

    little surprise

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    own for him, there.

    ake care. Adieu!

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    :16:19,240 --> 00:16:24,075m afraid! What does he mean, this

    urprise sown among the golden ears?

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    trap, perhaps! a man-trap!

    e is that jealous!

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    nd Aristaeus, he always comes across

    his corn field to meet me and frolic

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    ith me. Let's go to meet him! The poor

    hing will bring some harm upon himself!

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    uickly!

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    uickly!

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    t's me, Aristaeus,

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    n Arcadian shepherd,

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    honey-maker,

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    razy about music,

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    ho knows how to be satisfiedith the innocent pleasures

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    hat the gods allow

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    he country-dweller,

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    o watch my swarm of bees

    overing among the trellises

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    etween earth and sky

    they collect the honey,

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    o watch dawn breaking

    nd, each morning,

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    o say to oneself: I hope,

    can see it again tomorrow,

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    can see it again tomorrow:

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    hat's the joy, that's the joy

    f a simple soul,

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    he true happiness, the true happiness

    f a tender heart.

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    h!

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    h! ah!

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    h!

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    h! ah!

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    h!

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    o watch the little lambsamboling on the plain,

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    eaving bits of white wool

    n all the bushes,

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    hilst softly, softly,

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    he shepherd she likes

    omes up to surprise her,

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    :20:43,560 --> 00:20:47,917he shepherd she likes

    omes up to surprise her!

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    hat's the joy, that's the joy

    f a simple soul,

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    he true happiness, the true happiness

    f a tender heart.

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    h!

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    h!

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    h!

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    h!

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    h! ah!

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    h!

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    here! That's what I say

    o inspire confidence!

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    ut if you knew who I am

    nd what infernal plans Im hatching!

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    f the idea Ive put in Orpheus's minducceeds, today we'll score a big hit!

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    h, there's that sweet Eurydice,

    et's not seem to have come

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    hrough the cornfield.

    can't see him. -Coo-ee!

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    h! There he is! Ive arrived in time!

    ristaeus! My shepherd! Be careful!

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    f what? -Of yourself! -Why?

    Quiet! Speak more softly!

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    ll right! Im going to...

    Aristaeus! My shepherd! Don't move!

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    ut if I can't speak to you, nor even

    et near you, then we won't be able

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    o have a chat... I don't know...

    et's talk body-language! -Aristaeus!

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    n the name of our love, come no closer!

    But what timidity! You usually play

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    ard to get, but only within reason...Stop! If you take a step,

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    ou are dead! My husband knows

    verything. He has been spying on us,

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    e has laid traps among these crops

    hich have witnessed our love. -Bah!

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    t's true! -He's told her about it,

    the idiot! Ill have to make good his

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    lunder... Shall I tell you? -Tell me!

    ell then! It's fiddlesticks,

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    tuff and nonsense. -Nonsense!

    m telling you, he's furious...

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    e has sworn to finish you... Ah!

    But look how I laugh at his traps,

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    ook... -Aristaeus! You are carried

    away by your love and your courage!

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    ou are rushing to your death!

    There's no danger, and in any case,

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    hat wouldn't I do to be with you again?Well then,

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    want to die with you!

    Come on then!

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    want to die with you!

    Come on then!

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    h! -Crack! There we are!

    m caught! -And more than you think!

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    od, what is this feeling?

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    luto, become yourself again!

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    ne, two, tree!

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    :23:37,520 --> 00:23:40,910

    nd now, let's put the elements

    n a whirl!

    6

    :23:50,600 --> 00:23:54,593es, yes! At home, that's how

    e put the elements in a whirl.

    7

    :23:58,840 --> 00:24:01,912

    ighty gods! Am I going to die?

    8

    :24:02,480 --> 00:24:09,352ompletely!

    asciate ogni speranza!

    9

    :24:09,680 --> 00:24:13,150

    ut it isn't hurting...

    ll explain why...

    0

    :24:13,240 --> 00:24:16,232

    t's strange...

    t's logical!

    1

    :24:24,920 --> 00:24:31,598

    eath appears to me smiling,

    2

    :24:33,320 --> 00:24:39,919

    oming to strike me while I'm near you.

    3

    :24:41,680 --> 00:24:48,916

    t draws me, tempts me...

    4:24:50,280 --> 00:24:53,272

    eath, I call to you,

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    arry me off!

    6

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    eath, I call to you,

    7

    :25:08,520 --> 00:25:17,599

    arry me off!

    8

    :25:23,840 --> 00:25:31,110

    eath, your rapture imbues me,

    9

    :25:32,120 --> 00:25:39,231

    our chill does not harm me,

    0

    :25:40,840 --> 00:25:48,155

    t seems as if Ill be born again,

    1

    :25:49,520 --> 00:25:59,839

    es, born again instead of dying,

    2

    :26:00,720 --> 00:26:07,239

    es, born again,

    3:26:07,760 --> 00:26:22,835

    orn again instead of dying!

    4

    :26:42,680 --> 00:26:45,911

    here! That's fine!

    ne tear, and we're off!

    5:26:46,240 --> 00:26:49,915

    ut first,

    et's abuse our divine power

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    :26:50,000 --> 00:26:54,198

    y throwing out at last challenge

    o the husband! Here's a pen

    7:26:56,080 --> 00:26:59,072

    nd writing materials!

    8

    :27:00,720 --> 00:27:06,158

    m leaving your side

    ecause I have died,

    9:27:06,240 --> 00:27:08,754

    omma,

    30

    :27:09,080 --> 00:27:12,072

    ristaeus is Pluto

    31

    :27:12,520 --> 00:27:15,512

    nd to the devil I go!

    32

    :27:15,920 --> 00:27:19,754

    he rhyme isn't very riche...

    ut wealth doesn't bring happiness.

    33:27:32,320 --> 00:27:35,312

    nd now!... to the dark shores!

    34

    :27:53,080 --> 00:27:56,834

    ow then!

    ut what the devil's going on up there?

    35:27:57,080 --> 00:28:01,073

    leave my classes at three o'clock

    nd I arrive home at dead of night!

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    :28:01,160 --> 00:28:04,596

    haven't had dinner,

    nd it's already supper-time!

    37:28:04,760 --> 00:28:08,753

    o what's all this upset?

    here must be an eclipse!

    38

    :28:09,520 --> 00:28:13,149

    y Jupiter!

    hat's the meaning of this?

    39

    :28:15,520 --> 00:28:18,512

    y wife's writing!

    0

    :28:19,520 --> 00:28:24,355

    m leaving your side

    ecause I have died,

    1

    :28:26,320 --> 00:28:31,314

    omma, Aristaeus is Pluto

    nd to the devil I go!

    2

    :28:33,160 --> 00:28:37,597

    hat! That means she's dead!y god, that's not possible!

    3

    :28:40,840 --> 00:28:44,833

    ut what if she... is really dead!

    he says so herself!

    4

    :28:49,520 --> 00:28:51,988hank you!

    5

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    hank you! Jupie!

    omeone there! No, no-one!

    6

    :28:58,280 --> 00:29:02,990

    m free! Oh, happiness! Oh bliss!

    7

    :29:03,640 --> 00:29:08,475

    et's go, let's go

    nd tell my beloved nymph!

    8

    :29:10,160 --> 00:29:15,553

    nathema, anathema,n him who without pity,

    9

    :29:15,760 --> 00:29:21,153

    nathema, anathema,

    heds not one tear for his other half.

    50

    :29:21,320 --> 00:29:24,312

    trange cries! Strange cries!

    51

    :29:24,400 --> 00:29:28,518

    nathema, anathema,

    n him who without pity...

    52:29:28,640 --> 00:29:32,474

    hose voices again!

    anathema, anathema,

    53

    :29:32,600 --> 00:29:38,072

    heds not one tear for his other half...

    Those voices again! -anathema,

    54

    :29:38,240 --> 00:29:41,232

    nathema.

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    55

    :29:41,320 --> 00:29:46,599

    n all sides at once!

    hat an acoustical miracle!

    56:29:46,840 --> 00:29:49,832

    hat an acoustical miracle!

    57

    :29:50,240 --> 00:29:55,792

    nathema, anathema,

    Anathema!

    58:29:56,600 --> 00:30:02,152

    nathema, anathema,

    n him who without pity,

    59

    :30:02,320 --> 00:30:11,513

    nathema, anathema,

    heds not one tear for his other half,

    60

    :30:11,760 --> 00:30:17,312

    nathema, anathema,

    heds not one tear for his other half.

    61

    :30:18,400 --> 00:30:27,559

    nathema, anathema!

    62

    :30:36,040 --> 00:30:40,158

    eavens!

    ublic Opinion is after me already!

    63

    :30:40,720 --> 00:30:44,713

    eavens!ublic Opinion is after him already!

    64

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    eavens! Public Opinion

    Heavens! Public Opinion

    65

    :30:49,520 --> 00:30:54,594

    after me, after me already, already!

    66

    :30:55,160 --> 00:30:58,391

    ere is Public Opinion,

    67

    :30:58,720 --> 00:31:01,837

    roclaiming what she knows,

    68

    :31:02,160 --> 00:31:05,516

    or right off the beaten track she can

    69

    :31:05,680 --> 00:31:08,911

    ick up the trace of a serious crime,

    0

    :31:09,240 --> 00:31:12,789

    nd sys to the sacrilegious hand:

    1

    :31:13,080 --> 00:31:19,235

    t was you who set the trap

    mong the corn!

    2

    :31:19,520 --> 00:31:23,513

    top! Stop!

    his can't be allowed,

    3

    :31:23,600 --> 00:31:26,160

    o, it can't be allowed to happen!

    4

    :31:26,360 --> 00:31:30,911

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    top! Stop!

    his can't be allowed,

    5

    :31:31,160 --> 00:31:34,550

    o, it can't be allowed to happen!

    6

    :31:41,000 --> 00:31:44,470

    nworthy spouse, my wrath

    7

    :31:44,680 --> 00:31:47,752

    ill pursue you in every possible way,

    8:31:48,000 --> 00:31:51,276

    shall put you in penury,

    9

    :31:51,520 --> 00:31:54,751

    ake you lose your teaching

    0

    :31:55,080 --> 00:31:58,390

    nd, from dusk to dawn,

    1

    :31:58,680 --> 00:32:05,074

    isturbing your nights, I shall cry:

    2

    :32:05,320 --> 00:32:08,312top! Stop!

    3

    :32:08,400 --> 00:32:12,234

    his can't be allowed,

    o, it can't be allowed to happen!

    4

    :32:12,320 --> 00:32:15,312top! Stop!

    5

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    his can't be allowed,

    o, it can't be allowed to happen!

    6

    :32:29,160 --> 00:32:32,914

    ome! It is useless to resist Opinion!

    7

    :32:33,000 --> 00:32:36,310

    way! It is useless to resist Opinion!

    8

    :32:36,400 --> 00:32:39,915

    ercy!

    To extricate you from my severity

    9

    :32:40,000 --> 00:32:45,279

    nd provide an example for posterity

    here is only one way out for you!

    90

    :32:45,640 --> 00:32:50,395

    hich is, pray?

    Obviously, to chase after your wife!

    91

    :32:50,480 --> 00:32:54,393

    ut I don't love her!

    So to everyone's eyes the example

    92:32:54,480 --> 00:32:57,756

    ill seem that much more glorious!

    93

    :32:57,840 --> 00:33:04,518

    ever was a fate... ah! ah! ah!

    ore dire!

    94:33:04,840 --> 00:33:10,949

    hase, chase after your wife!

    Chase, chase after your wife!

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    :33:15,680 --> 00:33:18,877

    see I must give way

    96

    :33:19,080 --> 00:33:23,949o your implacable voice.

    97

    :33:24,400 --> 00:33:30,077

    ome, come, come, come,

    98

    :33:30,600 --> 00:33:35,913

    ome! It is honour which calls you,nd honour comes before love,

    99

    :33:36,000 --> 00:33:39,310

    efore love, before love, come!

    0

    :33:39,680 --> 00:33:44,708

    shall be your constant companion

    oth going and coming back!

    1

    :33:45,000 --> 00:33:50,279

    ome! But this honour which calls me,

    las! is playing me a dirty trick,

    2:33:51,760 --> 00:33:55,753

    dirty trick.

    amn the constant guide

    3

    :33:55,840 --> 00:33:59,674

    ho will follow me till I come back,

    shall be your constant companion

    4

    :33:59,760 --> 00:34:04,231

    ho will follow me till I come back!

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    both going and coming back!

    5

    :34:04,800 --> 00:34:08,918

    et's be off, let's be off,

    et's be off, let's be off...!

    6

    :34:09,160 --> 00:34:13,392

    h! come!

    7

    :34:13,640 --> 00:34:18,634

    ut this honour which calls me,

    t is honour which calls you,

    8

    :34:18,720 --> 00:34:23,510

    las! is playing me a dirty trick...

    and honour comes before love...

    9

    :34:23,600 --> 00:34:30,199

    dirty trick, honour is playing me...

    before love, yes, honour comes...

    0

    :34:30,440 --> 00:34:34,877

    ut this honour which calls me...

    it is honour which calls you...

    1

    :34:35,080 --> 00:34:38,834ut this honour which calls me...

    it is honour which calls you...

    2

    :34:38,920 --> 00:34:46,713

    es, is playing me a dirty trick...

    comes before, before love...

    3:37:54,320 --> 00:37:59,440

    et's sleep, sleep, let there

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    4

    :37:59,600 --> 00:38:04,958

    ever be an end of it,

    5

    :38:10,680 --> 00:38:15,834

    ince the only pleasure, after all,

    6

    :38:16,000 --> 00:38:21,472

    n our Olympus is to sleep.

    7

    :38:26,520 --> 00:38:31,833

    et's sleep, sleep, let there

    8

    :38:32,000 --> 00:38:36,596

    ever be an end of it.

    9

    :39:23,880 --> 00:39:29,238

    m Cupid, and my love

    as been playing truant!

    0

    :39:29,640 --> 00:39:35,829

    m coming home at daybreak

    rom a little trip to Cythera!

    1

    :39:36,720 --> 00:39:42,078

    rofound secrecyhrouds my return!

    2

    :39:42,520 --> 00:39:49,278

    hey are all asleep!

    et's go to sleep!

    3

    :39:50,280 --> 00:39:54,159et's go to sleep!

    4

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    :39:54,560 --> 00:39:58,838

    et's go to sleep!

    5

    :39:59,160 --> 00:40:06,475

    et's go, let's go to sleep!

    6

    :40:07,480 --> 00:40:22,236

    h!...

    7

    :40:29,960 --> 00:40:35,398

    m Venus, and my love

    as been playing truant!

    8

    :40:35,720 --> 00:40:41,955

    m coming home at daybreak

    rom a little trip to Cythera!

    9

    :40:43,000 --> 00:40:48,518

    rofound secrecy

    hrouds my return!

    30

    :40:49,160 --> 00:40:56,475

    hey are all asleep!

    et's go to sleep!

    31

    :40:56,920 --> 00:41:01,232et's go to sleep!

    32

    :41:01,760 --> 00:41:05,833

    et's go to sleep!

    33

    :41:06,040 --> 00:41:14,232

    et's go, let's go to sleep!

    34

    :41:15,320 --> 00:41:30,236

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    h!...

    35

    :43:57,920 --> 00:44:02,232

    y Saturn! What's that noise awakening

    in the middle of the night?

    36

    :44:03,520 --> 00:44:06,671

    ho wakes us up in the middle of night?

    37

    :44:07,400 --> 00:44:10,392

    t's Diana, my beloved daughter,

    38:44:11,400 --> 00:44:17,236

    ounding us her alarm!

    o! Wake up immediately!

    39

    :44:17,360 --> 00:44:20,750

    h!...

    0

    :44:26,080 --> 00:44:29,152

    nd whatever else, no yawning!

    1

    :44:29,400 --> 00:44:32,597

    ith cries of joy and pleasure,

    2:44:33,400 --> 00:44:38,793

    hat's the way to greet the goddess:

    lease follow the rule!

    3

    :44:39,120 --> 00:44:42,669

    ail to Diana the huntress!

    4:44:42,840 --> 00:44:45,912

    ail to Diana!

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    5

    :44:48,040 --> 00:44:52,636

    ut why this air of sadness?

    6

    :44:53,800 --> 00:44:57,634

    hy this air of sadness?

    7

    :44:58,640 --> 00:45:06,149

    h! Nothing can equal my torment,

    8

    :45:09,200 --> 00:45:19,394

    o, nothing can equal my torment,

    9

    :45:19,480 --> 00:45:24,679

    h! my torment!

    50

    :45:25,480 --> 00:45:29,393

    hen Diana goes down on to the plain,

    arrah, tantiwy, tarrah,

    51

    :45:29,520 --> 00:45:33,229

    t's look for Actaeon there,

    arrah, tantiwy, tarrah,

    52

    :45:33,320 --> 00:45:37,108

    t's near the clear fountain,arrah, tantiwy, tarrah,

    53

    :45:37,200 --> 00:45:41,751

    hat Diana meets Actaeon,

    arrah, tantiwy, tarrah,

    54

    :45:41,920 --> 00:45:44,912arrah, tantiwy, tarrah, tantiwy,

    arrah, tantiwy,

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    55

    :45:45,000 --> 00:45:47,992

    hat Diana meets Actaeon!

    56

    :45:48,080 --> 00:45:52,358

    hat Diana meets Actaeon!That Diana meets Actaeon!

    57

    :45:58,000 --> 00:46:01,913

    ow, this morning as I left the plain,

    arrah, tantiwy, tarrah,

    58

    :46:02,000 --> 00:46:05,834went to look for Actaeon,

    arrah, tantiwy, tarrah,

    59

    :46:05,920 --> 00:46:09,674

    ut alas! near the fountain,

    arrah, tantiwy, tarrah,

    60

    :46:09,760 --> 00:46:14,231

    y Actaeon was nowhere to be seen,

    arrah, tantiwy, tarrah,

    61

    :46:14,400 --> 00:46:17,392

    arrah, tantiwy, tarrah, tantiwy,

    arrah, tantiwy,

    62

    :46:17,520 --> 00:46:20,512

    er Actaeon was nowhere to be seen!

    63

    :46:20,760 --> 00:46:28,678

    y Actaeon was nowhere to be seen!

    Her Actaeon was nowhere to be seen!

    64

    :46:37,920 --> 00:46:41,674

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    h! Poor Actaeon! What has become

    f him? Him, hidden under a shrub,

    65

    :46:41,760 --> 00:46:45,514

    hile... Oh! I saw it quite clearly!

    What has become of him? Ill tell you!

    66

    :46:45,600 --> 00:46:49,513

    ou compromised yourself with that

    oung man, so I got rid of him.

    67

    :46:49,600 --> 00:46:53,912

    ut how? -I changed him into a stag!h? -A stag. And to save your

    68

    :46:54,000 --> 00:46:58,312

    eputation, chaste Diana, I have spread

    he rumour among the mortals,

    69

    :46:58,400 --> 00:47:02,678

    hat it was you who wanted me to... put

    ctaeon out of action; I said you found

    0

    :47:02,760 --> 00:47:06,514

    is curiosity indiscreet...

    No way! -I said it for

    1

    :47:06,600 --> 00:47:11,071

    he honour of mythology! My children,

    he mortals have their eye on us!

    2

    :47:11,160 --> 00:47:15,153

    et's keep up appearances, at least!

    t's all about keeping up appearances!

    3

    :47:15,240 --> 00:47:18,994

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    for that, you keep them up

    ell enough! -Has he been on

    4

    :47:19,080 --> 00:47:23,073

    ome new escapade?

    But no, my dear... tittle-tattle...

    5

    :47:23,160 --> 00:47:27,153

    t's the journalists... they put about

    umours... -Rumours...

    6

    :47:27,240 --> 00:47:31,313

    umours... I know there's something up.m sure there's a Gorgon

    7

    :47:31,400 --> 00:47:35,678

    n the woodpile, I'm sure of it, go on!

    ell me, Diana, if you know...

    8

    :47:35,760 --> 00:47:39,753

    lease, a little decorum! No scenes in

    ront of people! Leave me to look after

    9

    :47:39,840 --> 00:47:43,833

    he internal affairs of Olympus. I get

    omplaints from all quarters. Look!

    0

    :47:45,760 --> 00:47:48,911

    oans, complaints,

    1

    :47:50,080 --> 00:47:53,072

    ecriminations! Olympus

    2:47:53,120 --> 00:47:57,591

    on its way out, my children! You are

    uining it with your feckless behaviour!

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    :47:57,840 --> 00:48:02,231

    hat a bully!

    Cupid? Where is the little? -Here!

    4:48:02,680 --> 00:48:06,992

    h, you urchin, if you carry on as usual

    ou'll make us angry. -What a bore!

    5

    :48:07,280 --> 00:48:13,230

    nfuriating old Jupiter! Go on! If you

    ave me wings it was so I could flutter.

    6

    :48:13,320 --> 00:48:17,518

    f I gave you wings it was so you would

    et a move on, and you're always late.

    7

    :48:17,600 --> 00:48:21,593

    hat time did you come in?

    o it again and Ill put you

    8

    :48:21,680 --> 00:48:26,071

    n bread and water for a week.

    ome! Everyone to his task,

    9

    :48:26,160 --> 00:48:30,153ntil it's time

    o taste the nectar and ambrosia...

    90

    :48:30,240 --> 00:48:33,994

    nd I want no-one absent from lunch...

    ome on! Ive heard rumours,

    91:48:34,080 --> 00:48:37,834

    everal times now Ive noticed...

    Mummy, do you think this can last?

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    92

    :48:37,920 --> 00:48:41,674

    e's really getting us down!

    Me most of all. This Olympus

    93:48:41,760 --> 00:48:45,514

    epresses me! -What if we rebelled?

    ve an idea. We'll refuse to...

    94

    :48:45,600 --> 00:48:49,593

    hat are you mumbling about over there

    n the corner! Didn't you hear me, then?

    95

    :48:52,520 --> 00:48:56,308

    Pon my thunder! It's hard to be a

    eam leader. It's driving me off my head!

    96

    :48:56,400 --> 00:49:00,313

    nd as if that wasn't enough...

    also have to endure the jealousy

    97

    :49:00,400 --> 00:49:04,154

    f my dear wife...

    ere we go! Her again!

    98

    :49:04,320 --> 00:49:08,233lings like a leech! I was just telling

    upid to settle down...

    99

    :49:08,320 --> 00:49:12,438

    hereas she could do to get out of her

    ut a bit... It's you! My sunshine!

    0:49:12,560 --> 00:49:16,394

    hat's to do? -What's to do is

    that I can't go on living like this!

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    1

    :49:16,520 --> 00:49:20,513

    nd that the existence you make me lead.

    Let's see then, now what have I done?

    2:49:20,600 --> 00:49:24,991

    h! don't try to deceive me.

    umours from earth reach me up here.

    3

    :49:25,080 --> 00:49:28,675

    ot again...

    Well, now! there is talk down there

    4

    :49:28,760 --> 00:49:32,514

    n the disappearance of a mortal woman,

    ho is as beautiful as a goddess

    5

    :49:32,600 --> 00:49:36,593

    nd has been carried off by a god.

    his woman is called Eurydice...

    6

    :49:36,960 --> 00:49:40,953

    nd the god is called... you! -Me?

    nd who else but you would have dared?

    7

    :49:41,040 --> 00:49:44,794ee, my love, see where your blind

    assion leads you! I know about this

    8

    :49:44,880 --> 00:49:48,634

    ust as you do! -That I believe.

    have my suspicions about who it is,

    9:49:48,720 --> 00:49:51,792

    nd we shall soon know...

    Fiddlesticks...

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    ve sent Mercury to gather intelligence

    nd if my suspicion are well-founded

    1:49:55,720 --> 00:49:59,508

    ou will shortly see that a god like me,

    ho punishes the escapades of others,

    2

    :49:59,600 --> 00:50:03,593

    ust be the most faithful and constant

    usband... -I can't believe you

    3

    :50:03,680 --> 00:50:07,753

    ny longer, you great hypocrite!

    ou've betrayed me so many times!

    4

    :50:07,840 --> 00:50:11,833

    ll right then! as you wish! What do you

    ant me to say? Wait! I can hear

    5

    :50:12,000 --> 00:50:15,993

    he chromium-plated wings of Mercury.

    isten, and then pass judgment on me!

    6

    :50:22,000 --> 00:50:25,913ip-hop! Hip-hop! Make way for Mercury!

    is feet don't touch the ground,

    7

    :50:26,000 --> 00:50:29,913

    is carriage is a blue cloud,

    nd he's unstoppable in flight...

    8:50:30,000 --> 00:50:33,913

    n his dictionary Bouillet

    ives my numerous titles:

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    am the messenger

    f the goddesses and gods;

    0:50:38,000 --> 00:50:41,913

    m the one who works for their love

    ffaires, active, agile, intelligent,

    1

    :50:42,000 --> 00:50:45,913

    y wand is my badge,

    bright silver badge.

    2

    :50:46,000 --> 00:50:51,757

    ip-hop! Hip-hop! Make way for Mercury!

    is feet don't touch the ground,

    3

    :50:51,840 --> 00:50:57,676

    is carriage is a blue cloud,

    nd he's unstoppable in flight...

    4

    :50:57,760 --> 00:51:01,514

    am the god of eloquence,

    arristers are my children,

    5

    :51:01,600 --> 00:51:05,309hey are an immense help to me

    n stitching up the mortals.

    6

    :51:05,400 --> 00:51:09,154

    the god of commerce

    have to detest fraud and deceit,

    7:51:09,240 --> 00:51:12,994

    ut conversely Im inclined,

    god of theft, to favour them,

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    :51:13,080 --> 00:51:16,959

    laying my hand quite deviously,

    nd sometimes overreaching myself:

    9:51:17,040 --> 00:51:20,953

    hen Apollo was Admetus' herdsman

    pinched his oxen.

    30

    :51:21,040 --> 00:51:24,953

    m the god of rogues,

    nd the most roguish of the gods,

    31

    :51:25,040 --> 00:51:28,953

    ve wings on my shoulders,

    n my heels an in my hair.

    32

    :51:29,040 --> 00:51:32,919

    upie, my master, puts me up

    o all sort of tricks; he'll end up

    33

    :51:33,000 --> 00:51:36,834

    utting me into a barometer to tell him

    hat the weather will be like.

    34

    :51:36,920 --> 00:51:39,912ip-hop! -Hip-hop!

    ip-hop!

    35

    :51:40,000 --> 00:51:45,757

    ip-hop! Hip-hop! Make way for Mercury!

    is feet don't touch the ground,

    36:51:45,840 --> 00:51:50,789

    is carriage is a blue cloud,

    nd he's unstoppable in flight....

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    is carriage is a blue cloud,

    nd he's unstoppable in flight,

    38:51:54,920 --> 00:51:57,992

    e's unstoppable in flight,

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    n flight!

    0

    :52:07,200 --> 00:52:11,193ail to the mighty master of the gods...

    No titles! Give me a report on

    1

    :52:11,280 --> 00:52:15,273

    our mission. -Lord, I've come

    on the fast track from the Underworld!

    2

    :52:15,360 --> 00:52:19,273

    nd Pluto? Was he reigning there in all

    is glory? -It wasn't Pluto who was

    3

    :52:19,360 --> 00:52:23,194

    eigning there! It was open merriment

    hat reigned. They were having a lovely

    4

    :52:23,280 --> 00:52:27,034

    ime down there! And I had a really

    greeable little break! -And Pluto?

    5

    :52:27,120 --> 00:52:31,511

    e has gone out! -All morning?or a fortnight! -He'd stayed out?

    6

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    eems so! -And you didn't see him?

    es! He came back to the Underworld

    7

    :52:35,320 --> 00:52:39,836

    n hour ago. -Where had he come from?rom earth! -Alone?

    8

    :52:39,920 --> 00:52:43,833

    h, no! With a pretty young woman whom

    e had just snatched from her husband!

    9

    :52:43,920 --> 00:52:48,357o you know her name? -Eurydice.

    here! I didn't tell him to say that!

    50

    :52:49,000 --> 00:52:53,516

    hat's delightful! -Not for all of us!

    That rascal Pluto! And is he coming?

    51

    :52:53,600 --> 00:52:57,309

    es, I told him you were waiting!

    can hear the engine of his chariot.

    52

    :52:57,400 --> 00:53:01,154

    erfect! Ill give him the treatment

    e deserves! Let me receive him!

    53

    :53:01,240 --> 00:53:04,994

    ell me you're not fooling me, Ernest?

    here's nothing else?

    54

    :53:05,080 --> 00:53:08,834

    ut no, my darling!At last, things are improving.

    55

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    m going to eat!

    56

    :53:18,000 --> 00:53:21,276

    eech! Go to see if they come!

    57

    :53:22,440 --> 00:53:26,194

    his little Eurydice, then,

    she very pretty?

    58

    :53:26,280 --> 00:53:27,600

    y lord, here he is!

    59

    :53:27,600 --> 00:53:30,592

    y lord, here he is!

    60

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    ail to the mighty master

    f heaven and earth!

    61

    :53:51,240 --> 00:53:55,472

    nough! Enough! I waive the platitudes!

    Madame is well? -She's eating again!

    62

    :54:00,520 --> 00:54:04,229

    ow he looks at me!ould he perhaps have doubts?

    63

    :54:07,760 --> 00:54:11,275

    et's deflect his suspicions!

    ll toady him.

    64

    :54:15,320 --> 00:54:18,995ll pretend

    o find his home attractive.

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    happen to have here a good speech

    read somewhere... Ah!

    66

    :54:31,000 --> 00:54:35,152ith what voluptuous pleasure I inhale

    he beguiling emanations of this sweet,

    67

    :54:35,240 --> 00:54:40,314

    ife-giving atmosphere of Olympus!

    68

    :54:46,400 --> 00:54:52,270appy the divinities

    ho frolic endlessly

    69

    :54:52,680 --> 00:54:55,672

    eneath ever-blue skies!

    0

    :54:56,840 --> 00:55:01,834

    hilst I am condemned to the dark

    esspools of the infernal,

    1

    :55:02,000 --> 00:55:04,992

    f the infernal kingdom,

    2:55:06,680 --> 00:55:10,798

    ere the air is perfumed

    y goddesses and nymphs,

    3

    :55:11,160 --> 00:55:15,233

    gentle scent of myrtle and verbena,

    4:55:15,600 --> 00:55:21,516

    f nectar and ambrosia!

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    :55:32,840 --> 00:55:36,913

    ere is heard the whirring of doves,

    6

    :55:37,520 --> 00:55:41,308

    f doves, the songs of Apollo,

    7

    :55:41,480 --> 00:55:45,712

    nd Lesbos' lyre,

    esbos' lyre.

    8

    :55:46,960 --> 00:55:50,919

    ere are Muses,ere Nymphs,

    9

    :55:51,680 --> 00:55:57,471

    he Graces, the Graces,

    he Graces are not far off, no, no!

    0

    :55:58,120 --> 00:56:02,318

    o, no! No, no!

    he Graces are not far off!

    1

    :56:02,720 --> 00:56:06,838

    ou will see them dance,

    amboling peacefully

    2

    :56:06,920 --> 00:56:11,277

    nder the soft light of night,

    f night and day!

    3

    :56:19,040 --> 00:56:24,478

    ere is heard the whirring of doves,

    4

    :56:25,080 --> 00:56:29,039

    f doves, the songs of Apollo,

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    :56:29,200 --> 00:56:32,909

    nd Lesbos' lyre,

    esbos' lyre.

    6:56:33,600 --> 00:56:36,751

    very perfume is released...

    7

    :56:36,840 --> 00:56:40,753

    he perfumes of night, and... day,

    he perfumes of morning, and... evening,

    8:56:40,840 --> 00:56:45,595

    he perfumes of heaven, the perfumes of

    he Graces, the perfumes of the Muses,

    9

    :56:45,680 --> 00:56:49,912

    nd the perfumes of the Nymphs.

    90

    :56:52,520 --> 00:56:55,751

    ave you quite finished

    ith your perfumery?

    91

    :56:55,840 --> 00:56:59,594

    e's going to splash it all over me,

    e's in a lather! -Well then?

    92

    :56:59,680 --> 00:57:01,989

    ne can never sing your happiness

    ufficiently! -You pretend,

    93

    :57:02,080 --> 00:57:06,073

    ou do, to believe that happiness found in the realm of the Graces

    94

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    nd the Nymphs! That's not my opinion!

    am not of a nymphatic nature!

    95

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    ut be that as it may! Lend me anttentive ear! King of the Underworld,

    96

    :57:14,080 --> 00:57:17,595

    t is I who have called you here!

    ow, it seems that you are behaving

    97

    :57:17,680 --> 00:57:21,673ike the ultimate rascal! -My Lord!

    hat you're living like a pasha!

    98

    :57:21,760 --> 00:57:25,230

    ut first of all, what's all that?

    That's my lunch,

    99

    :57:25,320 --> 00:57:29,074

    little something-just-in-case,

    hat goes everywhere with me:

    0

    :57:29,160 --> 00:57:32,152

    bottle of old Cyprus wine,

    sausage...

    1

    :57:33,600 --> 00:57:37,912

    nd a flagon of fire-water

    vite spirit"!

    2

    :57:40,440 --> 00:57:44,319

    ine! A sausage...de Lyon!

    3

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    nd we up here are eternally condemned

    o nectar and ambrosia!

    4

    :57:49,600 --> 00:57:53,593

    nd is that your usual fare?Yes! Oh, I don't like bland things!

    5

    :57:53,680 --> 00:57:58,151

    must have spice!

    Then you are the happiest of gods!

    6

    :57:58,240 --> 00:58:02,233e, my lord! Happy! -You! What have

    you been doing for the last fortnight?

    7

    :58:02,320 --> 00:58:06,233

    live in the dark cesspool of the

    nderworld. Unlike here, down there...

    8

    :58:06,320 --> 00:58:10,154

    hat's your story! You've been living in

    hut on the outskirts of Thebes. You've

    9

    :58:10,240 --> 00:58:13,994

    bused your power by striking a wife

    ead and snatching her from her husband.

    0

    :58:14,080 --> 00:58:17,311

    e, my lord! Im extremely...

    know everything! -It's not true!

    1

    :58:17,400 --> 00:58:21,154

    hen I speak, you shut up! Im notccustomed to having discussions!

    2

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    efore me, all trembles...

    hat's that?

    3

    :58:25,680 --> 00:58:29,673

    t doesn't sound much like criesf obedience, or shouts of enthusiasm!

    4

    :58:34,120 --> 00:58:38,113

    o arms, gods and demi-gods!

    o arms, gods and demi-gods!

    5

    :58:38,440 --> 00:58:42,399e must bring down this tyranny.

    his regime is boring!

    6

    :58:42,520 --> 00:58:45,512

    o arms!

    7

    :58:45,600 --> 00:58:48,592

    o arms!

    8

    :58:48,840 --> 00:58:51,752

    o arms!

    9

    :58:51,920 --> 00:58:55,595o arms! To arms!

    his regime is boring!

    0

    :58:55,680 --> 00:58:59,673

    rebellion, a rebellion,

    ow strange!

    1:58:59,760 --> 00:59:03,514

    rebellion of the gods!

    Pon my soul, just at the right time!

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    :59:03,600 --> 00:59:07,593

    lus de nectar! plus d'ambroisie!

    No more nectar!

    3:59:07,680 --> 00:59:11,514

    hat liquor which makes one heart-sick!

    Yes, heart-sick!

    4

    :59:11,680 --> 00:59:15,673

    hat's enough sugar and ambrosia!

    No more ambrosia!

    5

    :59:15,760 --> 00:59:19,753

    hey are right!

    his diet is insipid!

    6

    :59:19,920 --> 00:59:23,549

    ell me about it, about it, comrades!

    7

    :59:23,960 --> 00:59:29,796

    o arms! -To arms!

    To arms!

    8

    :59:30,000 --> 00:59:33,913

    o arms, gods and demi-gods!o arms, gods and demi-gods!

    9

    :59:34,000 --> 00:59:37,913

    e must bring down this tyranny.

    his regime is boring!

    30

    :59:38,000 --> 00:59:42,312o arms! To arms! To arms!

    31

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    o more nectar or ambrosia!

    32

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    e must bring down this tyranny.

    his regime is boring!

    33

    :59:51,520 --> 00:59:54,512

    o arms! To arms!

    34

    :59:54,680 --> 01:00:00,550

    o more nectar! No more nectar!

    35

    :00:01,240 --> 01:00:05,153

    edition! You are refusing to obey!

    Yes!

    36

    :00:05,240 --> 01:00:09,233

    ou are losing respect for Papa 'Piter!

    o! You don't like living

    37

    :00:09,320 --> 01:00:13,518

    n nectar and ambrosia?

    No! No! No more nectar!...

    38

    :00:13,600 --> 01:00:17,513e're pickled in it!

    We've got barley-sugar in our veins!

    39

    :00:17,600 --> 01:00:21,593

    hey're right! -So it's a rebellion?

    And you're not ashamed to take

    0:00:21,680 --> 01:00:25,389

    your leader a bandit like him?

    A bandit!

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    :00:25,480 --> 01:00:29,234

    y lord! Im not a bandit!

    Yes! a miserable fellow who abuses

    2:00:29,320 --> 01:00:33,313

    is position to take mortal woman from

    heir husbands! -It isn't true!

    3

    :00:34,800 --> 01:00:38,475

    ou want names? -Yes,

    you've brought up names, so name names!

    4

    :00:38,600 --> 01:00:42,309

    e will name names! He has just snatched

    he young wife of the fiddler Orpheus,

    5

    :00:42,400 --> 01:00:46,154

    he lovely Eurydice. -It isn't true!

    So, is that all?

    6

    :00:46,240 --> 01:00:50,233

    hat do you mean, is that all?

    hat about morals? -Then we must take

    7

    :00:50,320 --> 01:00:54,313nto account your morals! You've done

    lot more of it yourself, daddy...

    8

    :00:54,400 --> 01:00:58,791

    here! What did I say? -Moi? Never...

    good father, good husband...

    9:00:58,880 --> 01:01:02,634

    es! Let's talk about your domesticated

    ualities! I don't want to sow

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    :01:02,720 --> 01:01:06,508

    eeds of discord. We're a family group,

    nd top-ranking gods. So let's be frank!

    51:01:06,600 --> 01:01:10,513

    ou reproach me for what Ive done, and

    hat if we brought up what you've done?

    52

    :01:10,600 --> 01:01:14,479

    ay no more! I know all about what's gone

    n on your side! -And me!

    53

    :01:14,600 --> 01:01:18,229

    nd us as well! -We've made up a song

    about it! -Id better be off!

    54

    :01:18,320 --> 01:01:22,074

    ve a meeting with my astrologer...

    Stay and listen! -Stay and listen!

    55

    :01:22,160 --> 01:01:23,280

    hat will be your punishment!

    56

    :01:23,280 --> 01:01:26,272

    hat will be your punishment!

    57

    :01:27,320 --> 01:01:31,518

    o seduce the proud Alcmene,

    ou got yourself up as her spouse!

    58

    :01:31,760 --> 01:01:36,880

    know plenty of women on earthith him whom that wouldn't work!

    59

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    a-ha...! Don't act so goody-goody:

    e know about your tricks, Jupie!

    60

    :01:41,320 --> 01:01:45,313

    a-ha...! Don't act so goody-goody:e know you, Jupie!

    61

    :01:45,480 --> 01:01:49,519

    a-ha...! Don't act so goody-goody:

    e know about your tricks, Jupie!

    62

    :01:49,680 --> 01:01:53,673a-ha...! Don't act so goody-goody:

    e know you, Jupie!

    63

    :01:54,480 --> 01:01:58,678

    hat marital-disguise ploy

    erved you well again

    64

    :01:59,000 --> 01:02:04,393

    hen you snatched Europa

    y putting on a bull's horns!

    65

    :02:04,520 --> 01:02:08,513

    a-ha...! Don't act so goody-goody:

    e know about your tricks, Jupie!

    66

    :02:08,760 --> 01:02:12,753

    a-ha...! Don't act so goody-goody:

    e know you, Jupie!

    67

    :02:13,000 --> 01:02:16,993

    a-ha...! Don't act so goody-goody:e know about your tricks, Jupie!

    68

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    a-ha...! Don't act so goody-goody:

    e know you, Jupie!

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    :02:22,000 --> 01:02:26,152

    o your beloved Danaeou one day appeared as a shower,

    0

    :02:26,680 --> 01:02:32,391

    ut made of golden rain: she enjoyed

    he rain, and you worshipped her!

    1

    :02:32,480 --> 01:02:36,519a-ha...! Don't act so goody-goody:

    e know about your tricks, Jupie!

    2

    :02:36,680 --> 01:02:40,673

    a-ha...! Don't act so goody-goody:

    e know you, Jupie!

    3

    :02:41,080 --> 01:02:45,073

    a-ha...! Don't act so goody-goody:

    e know about your tricks, Jupie!

    4

    :02:45,240 --> 01:02:49,313

    a-ha...! Don't act so goody-goody:

    e know you, Jupie!

    5

    :02:50,400 --> 01:02:54,678

    hat swan trapped by an eagle, which

    eda saved by cradling it in her arms,

    6

    :02:54,920 --> 01:03:00,916

    hat was you again, you old rogue!was that eagle, so don't deny it!

    7

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    a-ha...! Don't act so goody-goody:

    e know about your tricks, Jupie!

    8

    :03:05,160 --> 01:03:09,153

    a-ha...! Don't act so goody-goody:e know you, Jupie!

    9

    :03:09,560 --> 01:03:13,553

    a-ha...! Don't act so goody-goody:

    e know about your tricks, Jupie!

    0

    :03:13,720 --> 01:03:17,713a-ha...! Don't act so goody-goody:

    e know you, Jupie!

    1

    :03:18,680 --> 01:03:22,832

    hat do these metamorphoses prove?

    hat you thought you were so ugly

    2

    :03:23,240 --> 01:03:28,314

    hat to get loved you didn't dare

    how yourself as you were made!

    3

    :03:28,400 --> 01:03:32,518

    a-ha...! Don't act so goody-goody:

    e know about your tricks, Jupie!

    4

    :03:32,600 --> 01:03:36,593

    a-ha...! Don't act so goody-goody:

    e know you, Jupie!

    5

    :03:37,000 --> 01:03:40,993

    a-ha...! Don't act so goody-goody:e know about your tricks, Jupie!

    6

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    a-ha...! Don't act so goody-goody:

    e know you, Jupie!

    7

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    m at the end of my tether!h, traitor!

    8

    :03:53,760 --> 01:03:57,150

    h, fickle man! Don't come near me!

    9

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    hate you!

    90

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    want divorce! We're separating!

    91

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    nervous breakdown! There was nothing

    could do! -Take your wife, then!

    92

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    he swan, I swear that was

    efore we were married!

    93

    :04:14,000 --> 01:04:17,834h! don't talk to me about swans!

    But do take your wife!

    94

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    his all gossip, pure gossip!

    ve only ever loved you!

    95:04:21,840 --> 01:04:25,753

    ou are just a slanderer! Just a...

    Don't go on! and please take your wife!

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    he's embarrassing me! -Lord!

    What! -There are two strangers,

    97:04:29,760 --> 01:04:33,753

    king for an audience! -Their names?

    rpheus. -Orpheus! Him, here!

    98

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    ake your wife, then!

    h, I don't have her!

    99

    :04:37,680 --> 01:04:41,753

    rpheus! Ill corner him again! -And a

    woman who calls herself Public Opinion.

    0

    :04:41,840 --> 01:04:45,833

    ublic Opinion! Oh, these mortals!

    hildren, enough of our arguments!

    1

    :04:46,000 --> 01:04:49,993

    on't see them! -See them!

    m going to see them!

    2

    :04:50,080 --> 01:04:53,311h!

    'm Jove and I must have justice!

    3

    :04:53,600 --> 01:04:57,593

    h, ah! you tremble!

    Me, my lord! Im not trembling!

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    m strong, Ill brazen it out!

    how them in!

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    iving orders in my domain! Allow them

    o enter the sanctum! We must get into

    6:05:05,320 --> 01:05:09,518

    ur appointed places. Public Opinion

    present! We must behave well!

    7

    :05:09,800 --> 01:05:13,793

    here is my throne? Where is my thunder?

    want my Sunday thunder!

    8

    :05:14,480 --> 01:05:16,994

    ome on!

    9

    :05:23,320 --> 01:05:27,677

    enus, on my right!

    iana, on my left!

    0

    :05:27,880 --> 01:05:31,919

    nd me?

    You! Get over there, in the dock!

    1

    :05:32,000 --> 01:05:36,915

    nd me? -You! Where you like!You'll be a sight wherever you are.

    2

    :05:42,320 --> 01:05:45,471

    erfect!

    he group will be fine like that!

    3

    :05:45,720 --> 01:05:49,793llow them to enter the sanctum!

    No! Show them in! -What a tease!

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    :05:58,600 --> 01:06:02,388

    e's coming! He's getting nearer!

    5

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    here he is, yes, it's definitely him!

    6

    :06:07,000 --> 01:06:10,913

    h, damnation! Im starting

    7

    :06:11,080 --> 01:06:14,516

    o get really fed up with it here,

    8

    :06:15,040 --> 01:06:18,999

    o get really fed up with it here!

    He's coming! He's getting nearer!

    9

    :06:19,280 --> 01:06:23,193

    nd I am quite overwhelmed

    There he is, yes, it's definitely him!

    0

    :06:23,320 --> 01:06:27,199

    his whole trip is beginning

    They're going to take your part,

    1

    :06:27,400 --> 01:06:31,837o give me far too much trouble.

    oh dear, most unfortunate husband!

    2

    :06:32,000 --> 01:06:35,993

    ere he is! -We're waiting!

    t's really him! -And watching!

    3:06:36,160 --> 01:06:40,153

    orward! Forward! Do as I say!

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    :06:40,360 --> 01:06:44,353

    e voil! -We're looking!

    est bien lui! -We're watching!

    5

    :06:44,520 --> 01:06:48,513our vengeance is quite close, come on!

    6

    :06:48,600 --> 01:06:52,593

    PUBLIC OPINION:... Do as I say,

    eep going! Beware my vengeance!...

    7

    :06:52,680 --> 01:06:56,389es, ready to fall on you!...)

    ORPHEUS: My vengeance is quite close!

    8

    :06:56,520 --> 01:07:00,513

    es, it's a bore, yes, that damned old

    an is starting to get on my nerves...)

    9

    :07:00,600 --> 01:07:04,309

    CHOR./DIA./CUP./VEN.) : Yes, let's look,

    nd also listen! For he's/l 'm going

    30

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    o take your part,

    ost unfortunate husband!

    31

    :07:12,320 --> 01:07:16,154

    hat do you wish of me, puny mortal?

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    he solemn moment has arrived!

    33

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    ou will, in a voice full of tenderness,

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    mplore of great Jupiter

    35

    :07:37,280 --> 01:07:43,833he right to take back

    rom the Underworld

    36

    :07:45,440 --> 01:07:51,151

    our dear and tender wife!

    37

    :07:51,320 --> 01:07:54,915ust l?

    Go on!

    38

    :08:03,320 --> 01:08:09,156

    hey have stolen away my Eurydice...

    39

    :08:09,320 --> 01:08:14,030

    aught can equal his torment!

    0

    :08:19,840 --> 01:08:25,631

    aught can equal his sorrow!

    1

    :08:26,000 --> 01:08:32,235aught can equal his sorrow!

    2

    :08:34,320 --> 01:08:37,596

    nd the wife-stealer is...?

    s...?

    3

    :08:37,680 --> 01:08:42,515t's Pluto!

    t's Pluto!

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    :08:42,760 --> 01:08:47,515

    t's Pluto!

    5

    :08:50,280 --> 01:08:54,068

    t's Pluto! It's Pluto!

    6

    :08:57,800 --> 01:09:03,796

    ustly punishing the crime

    nd the injustice,

    7

    :09:04,200 --> 01:09:09,911

    condemn Plutoo give him back Eurydice!

    8

    :09:10,320 --> 01:09:14,279

    h heavens! He's given her back to me!

    9

    :09:14,840 --> 01:09:19,231

    h heavens!

    e's taking her away from me!

    50

    :09:19,400 --> 01:09:24,235

    nd to see that my supreme will

    observed,

    51:09:24,320 --> 01:09:28,313

    shall today,

    luto, go to Hell myself!

    52

    :09:28,400 --> 01:09:31,392

    o Hell! -To Hell!

    o Hell! -To Hell!

    53

    :09:31,480 --> 01:09:35,598

    o Hell!

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    upie, take us with you, please!

    55

    :09:41,520 --> 01:09:46,514ake us with you...

    upie! -Jupie! -Jupie!

    56

    :09:47,120 --> 01:09:50,112

    upie, take us, take us with you!

    57

    :09:50,720 --> 01:09:56,238ome, I'll take the whole of Olympus!

    58

    :09:56,400 --> 01:10:01,758

    ong live Jupie!

    ong live Jupie!

    59

    :10:02,120 --> 01:10:05,510

    ome on, all of you!

    60

    :10:05,760 --> 01:10:08,479

    ome on, all of you!

    61

    :10:14,320 --> 01:10:22,238lory, glory to Jupiter,

    62

    :10:23,520 --> 01:10:32,553

    lory to this sweet, clement god,

    63

    :10:33,240 --> 01:10:41,238

    ho, leaving for thecintillating underworld,

    64

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    an't bear to go without us!

    65

    :10:48,000 --> 01:10:50,992

    et's go, let's go, let's go!

    66

    :10:51,080 --> 01:10:55,232

    a la la la la,

    et's go, let's go, let's go!...

    67

    :10:55,320 --> 01:10:59,836

    et's go, let's go, come on!

    a la la la la, let's go, let's go...

    68

    :10:59,920 --> 01:11:03,515

    a la la la la, let's go, come on,

    et's go, come on! Ah!

    69

    :11:03,600 --> 01:11:09,152

    o more nectar, no more blue sky!

    h, we'll have a bit of a laugh,

    0

    :11:09,600 --> 01:11:15,675

    arewell, contentment, farewell to love!

    thanks, my god, thanks, my god!

    1:11:16,760 --> 01:11:21,231

    a la la la la,

    et's go, let's go, let's go!...

    2

    :11:21,400 --> 01:11:25,916

    et's go, let's go, come on!

    a la la la la, let's go, let's go...

    3

    :11:26,000 --> 01:11:28,912

    a la la la la...!

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    :11:29,000 --> 01:11:34,518

    ick up your a... your attributes,

    et's go, don't hesi... don't hesitate!

    5:11:34,760 --> 01:11:40,517

    ick up your a... your attributes,

    et's go, don't hesi... don't hesitate!

    6

    :11:40,680 --> 01:11:45,754

    et's go, let's go, don't hesitate,

    Thank you, thank you!

    7

    :11:46,720 --> 01:11:51,475

    a la la la la,

    et's go, let's go, let's go!...

    8

    :11:51,680 --> 01:11:54,877

    es, let's go, let's go, let's go...

    9

    :11:55,040 --> 01:12:00,194

    o more nectar, no more blue sky!

    h, we'll have a bit of a laugh,

    0

    :12:00,280 --> 01:12:04,671

    arewell, contentment, farewell to love!thanks, my god, thanks, my god!

    1

    :12:15,760 --> 01:12:19,753

    a la la la la,

    et's go, let's go, let's go!...

    2

    :12:19,840 --> 01:12:23,833et's go, let's go, come on!

    a la la la la, let's go, let's go...

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    :12:24,040 --> 01:12:27,112

    a la la la la...!

    4

    :13:36,640 --> 01:13:39,473

    till no-one!

    5

    :13:41,920 --> 01:13:44,912

    o news!

    6

    :13:45,920 --> 01:13:50,948

    h dear! It's intolerable!

    m frightfully bored here!

    7

    :13:57,800 --> 01:14:03,318

    h, what a sad fate

    he divine Pluto has given me here!

    8

    :14:04,040 --> 01:14:07,032

    o leave me abandoned and alone!

    9

    :14:07,240 --> 01:14:10,232

    hat's the meaning of this neglect?

    90

    :14:10,360 --> 01:14:16,117

    hen I came here with hime was awash with tenderness!

    91

    :14:16,320 --> 01:14:22,077

    h, but if this goes on

    92

    :14:23,840 --> 01:14:26,832

    shall be missing my husband,

    93

    :14:27,200 --> 01:14:30,192

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    shall be missing my husband.

    94

    :14:30,520 --> 01:14:36,356

    h why yes, ah why yes, ah,

    95:14:37,400 --> 01:14:40,392

    shall be missing my husband.

    96

    :14:40,600 --> 01:14:43,592

    shall be missing my husband.

    97

    :14:43,800 --> 01:14:50,399h why yes, ah why yes!

    98

    :14:57,000 --> 01:15:00,310

    he love of the gods,

    he traitor said,

    99

    :15:00,400 --> 01:15:03,392

    as indescribable pleasures!

    0

    :15:03,600 --> 01:15:06,910

    m going to introduce you to them,

    e said...

    1:15:07,080 --> 01:15:10,072

    ould it be the gods are unreliable?

    2

    :15:10,520 --> 01:15:13,751

    o where is the unheard-of rapture

    3

    :15:14,040 --> 01:15:17,032was supposed to enjoy here?

    4

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    h, but if this goes on,

    5

    :15:24,000 --> 01:15:27,072

    ll be missing my husband,

    6

    :15:27,600 --> 01:15:30,672

    ll be missing my husband!

    7

    :15:30,920 --> 01:15:34,230

    h, yes, ah yes, ah yes,

    8:15:34,720 --> 01:15:37,917

    h,

    9

    :15:38,320 --> 01:15:41,437

    ll be missing my husband,

    0

    :15:41,840 --> 01:15:44,832

    ll be missing my husband,

    1

    :15:45,280 --> 01:15:55,838

    h, yes, ah yes, ah yes!

    2

    :16:14,320 --> 01:16:18,313wo whole days I've been alone,

    ith no other distraction

    3

    :16:18,400 --> 01:16:22,393

    han the company of a domestic

    ho they've made into my gaoler!

    4:16:23,000 --> 01:16:26,913

    h, Pluto, be careful!

    ou don't know what boredom can do

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    :16:27,000 --> 01:16:30,231

    o a woman as volatile as I am!

    6

    :16:30,400 --> 01:16:34,837o that's how he loves me!

    really am going to miss my husband!

    7

    :16:34,920 --> 01:16:37,673

    omeone...

    8

    :16:39,920 --> 01:16:42,912h, no, it's him again!

    9

    :16:43,400 --> 01:16:48,315

    he really is pretty!

    ery pretty! Ah, if only I dared!

    0

    :16:48,600 --> 01:16:52,912

    ou again; what do you want with me?

    Madame didn't ring? -Me? No.

    1

    :16:53,000 --> 01:16:56,675

    ity! -Why?

    ecause if Madame had rung,

    2

    :16:56,760 --> 01:17:00,514

    hat would have been because she needed

    omething. And as Madame didn't ring,

    3

    :17:00,600 --> 01:17:03,751

    hat means Madame doesn't need anything.

    Gnagnagnagna!

    4

    :17:03,840 --> 01:17:07,389

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    he's rally pretty!

    y God, she is pretty!

    5

    :17:08,120 --> 01:17:11,237

    ill Madame be ringing soon?

    6

    :17:11,400 --> 01:17:15,154

    ow do I know? Why?

    Because if Madame rung,

    7

    :17:15,240 --> 01:17:18,312

    d rush to... Ah!

    8

    :17:19,040 --> 01:17:23,033

    m so unhappy, Madame!

    What has that to do with me?

    9

    :17:24,280 --> 01:17:28,273

    Madame shows an interest in me,

    will tell her everything.

    30

    :17:28,360 --> 01:17:32,069

    adame, I have a tender heart

    nd weak head.

    31

    :17:32,160 --> 01:17:35,835he woman who loved me

    ould be very happy!

    32

    :17:35,920 --> 01:17:39,390

    e's mad!

    e wants to tell me about his love-life!

    33:17:39,480 --> 01:17:44,076

    owever, I have one fault; I prefer

    o tell you about it straight away

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    :17:44,160 --> 01:17:50,235

    o that you won't reproach me with it

    ater, Madame: I sometimes drink,

    35:17:50,720 --> 01:17:54,508

    said, sometimes!

    He's not mad, he's tiddly!

    36

    :17:54,680 --> 01:17:59,117

    ow, Madame, you know me...

    if you had made...

    37

    :17:59,200 --> 01:18:03,637

    h, get off! this is frightful!

    You repulses me after such an avowal?

    38

    :18:03,720 --> 01:18:07,713

    it because Im only a domestic?

    hat's great ladies for you,

    39

    :18:07,800 --> 01:18:12,237

    ll the same! But I didn't die

    o I could wear this livery,

    0

    :18:12,320 --> 01:18:17,997adame, not me! When I was on earth,

    was the son of a prince of Boeotia!

    1

    :18:18,080 --> 01:18:21,390

    ery well! There's still something

    ather Boeotian about you!

    2:18:26,840 --> 01:18:29,991

    hen I was King of Boeotia,

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    :18:30,080 --> 01:18:34,232

    had subjects, soldiers...

    4

    :18:35,240 --> 01:18:38,471

    ut one day, when I lost my life,

    5

    :18:38,640 --> 01:18:42,519

    lost all these advantages, alas!

    6

    :18:43,720 --> 01:18:46,792

    owever, I don't miss them at all;

    7

    :18:46,880 --> 01:18:50,589

    hat I regret today

    8

    :18:51,840 --> 01:18:55,150

    that I didn't choose you

    9

    :18:55,240 --> 01:18:59,279

    o bestow all my love on!

    50

    :19:00,160 --> 01:19:03,516

    hen I was King of Boeotia!

    51:19:03,840 --> 01:19:13,078

    hen I was King of Boeotia!

    52

    :19:15,200 --> 01:19:18,590

    f I were King of Boeotia,

    53

    :19:18,680 --> 01:19:22,992ou would be Queen, I promise you.

    54

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    :19:23,720 --> 01:19:26,996

    ow I can only in semblance

    55

    :19:27,080 --> 01:19:31,312

    ffer you my royal power.

    56

    :19:32,080 --> 01:19:35,436

    he most noble shade, my dear,

    57

    :19:35,600 --> 01:19:39,912

    an only give what it has,

    58:19:40,520 --> 01:19:43,830

    o accept, I beg you,

    59

    :19:43,920 --> 01:19:48,596

    n its present form,

    60

    :19:49,000 --> 01:19:52,231

    he heart of a King of Boeotia,

    61

    :19:52,400 --> 01:20:01,911

    he heart of a King of Boeotia.

    62

    :20:05,640 --> 01:20:09,633o away, I say, you smell of wine...

    Oh, what funny idea!

    63

    :20:09,720 --> 01:20:13,713

    hat's because I told you just now

    hat I drink from time to time...

    64:20:13,800 --> 01:20:17,554

    ut you don't know what it is

    hat fuddles me, it's water...

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    :20:17,640 --> 01:20:21,633

    ust pure water! -Water!

    es, and not just any old water,

    66:20:21,720 --> 01:20:26,271

    ut the water of the River Lethe...

    h yes, I drink in order to forget,

    67

    :20:26,600 --> 01:20:30,354

    o forget the sorry state

    nto which I have fallen!

    68

    :20:31,000 --> 01:20:33,753

    hat a weird idea!

    t's the idea of a free man,

    69

    :20:33,840 --> 01:20:38,311

    he idea of a proud man,

    ho remembers his past splendour...

    0

    :20:39,000 --> 01:20:43,391

    rue enough, this habit sometimes

    inders me in my work, for example, when

    1

    :20:43,520 --> 01:20:47,832y master gives me an order, I drink,

    hrough pride, before obeying him.

    2

    :20:47,920 --> 01:20:52,516

    o then I forget the order he gave me...

    e gives me the order again,

    3:20:52,600 --> 01:20:57,230

    o I have another drink,

    forget again,

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    :20:57,400 --> 01:21:00,710

    nd it goes on like that

    or days on end...

    5:21:00,840 --> 01:21:05,914

    ind you, he doesn't care,

    e thinks, I'm intelligent...

    6

    :21:07,520 --> 01:21:11,229

    ut there's one thing

    could never forget,

    7

    :21:11,320 --> 01:21:14,312

    ven if I drank the whole of the Lethe,

    8

    :21:14,400 --> 01:21:17,392

    nd that's the adorable woman.

    9

    :21:17,680 --> 01:21:24,233

    h, my lord!

    he radiant woman, oh la la la la!

    0

    :21:24,800 --> 01:21:28,793

    f whom Ive been put in charge

    or the last two days...

    1

    :21:28,880 --> 01:21:32,634

    nsolence! -One thing I would like

    to forget, on the other hand...

    2

    :21:32,720 --> 01:21:36,713

    hat's my duties! -Ah!h, Madame!

    3

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    ut, my master! You must go back in!

    don't want! -It's orders!

    4

    :21:43,600 --> 01:21:47,309

    ou'll get me the sack!Listen, though,

    5

    :21:47,400 --> 01:21:51,598

    ow long will this joke be going on?

    'll tell you later! Come on!

    6

    :21:59,480 --> 01:22:03,712he's not there! He's had time to hide

    er away! Phew! I can breath again...

    7

    :22:10,480 --> 01:22:14,473

    ou've got funny ways of welcoming

    eople to your house! -Who? Me?

    8

    :22:14,600 --> 01:22:18,513

    es, you. To be polite, one let's

    he other person go in first, and then

    9

    :22:18,600 --> 01:22:22,309

    ollows him in. Where are we now?

    We are in my little pad,

    90

    :22:22,400 --> 01:22:26,154

    y buen retiro, if you like.

    hen Im tired out by running

    91

    :22:26,240 --> 01:22:29,994

    y infernal kingdom, this ishere I come for peace and solitude.

    92

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    et me pass, or Ill thunder! Ah!

    2

    :23:12,920 --> 01:23:15,912

    earch, search, mighty god!

    3:23:18,320 --> 01:23:21,915

    othing!... Nothing!

    4

    :23:25,800 --> 01:23:28,792

    othing at all! Ah!

    5

    :23:29,080 --> 01:23:32,914f... there... a lock!

    he's in there! I'm sure of it!

    6

    :23:33,000 --> 01:23:36,675

    Pon my immortality,

    n some form or other,

    7

    :23:36,760 --> 01:23:40,594

    must get in there!

    ou're right, nothing!

    8

    :23:40,680 --> 01:23:44,673

    o let's go back up to the gods

    t the party Ive prepared; ah!

    9

    :23:46,520 --> 01:23:49,990

    t's a lovely party!

    Let's go. My compliments to you...

    0

    :23:50,080 --> 01:23:53,914

    hat mortal was a fool to himself.One word and Ill lock you up...

    1

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    ve an idea! Let's leave my card...

    nd in two seconds Ill be back.

    2

    :24:03,920 --> 01:24:07,913

    ut Id have to change myself,his time Id have to be

    3

    :24:08,040 --> 01:24:11,032

    he most elegant, the smallest,

    4

    :24:11,240 --> 01:24:15,791

    he slightest thing. Oh, I don't know!Don't lose sight of him, he might

    5

    :24:15,880 --> 01:24:19,873

    ome back... -But I'll find a way,

    that's all I'm saying!

    6

    :24:20,360 --> 01:24:23,352

    t your service, O mighty god.

    7

    :24:30,000 --> 01:24:33,834

    shall be missing my husband...

    8

    :24:36,520 --> 01:24:40,069shall be missing my husband...

    9

    :24:48,080 --> 01:24:51,755

    h ah ah! Daddy,

    addy, you've really upset me!

    0

    :24:51,840 --> 01:24:55,515ell, if it isn't Cupid!

    hat's he doing here, the little rascal?

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    1

    :24:55,600 --> 01:24:59,070

    he little rascal is here to save you.

    Save me? -Yes! You're looking

    2

    :24:59,160 --> 01:25:02,914or a woman and in order to find her,

    ou don't think of me. Love...

    3

    :25:03,000 --> 01:25:07,516

    hat! My little darling, you would do...

    There!... Just now I was a rascal,

    4:25:07,600 --> 01:25:11,388

    ow I'm a little darling...

    h, how ridiculous you are,

    5

    :25:11,480 --> 01:25:16,429

    en and gods, when someone has something

    ver you, for I've got you, daddikins...

    6

    :25:16,880 --> 01:25:19,917

    es I know!

    Well,

    7

    :25:20,680 --> 01:25:23,672

    ou want her, your Eurydice?

    8

    :25:23,840 --> 01:25:26,070

    es!

    9

    :25:26,240 --> 01:25:29,232

    es, I want her!

    30

    :25:29,720 --> 01:25:35,078

    eave it to me. Im going

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    o metamorphose you straight away.

    31

    :25:35,520 --> 01:25:38,990

    now what I mean?

    Metamorphose me into what?

    32

    :25:39,080 --> 01:25:43,312

    ou'll see. -I want to know in advance.

    want it to be a surprise.

    33

    :25:43,400 --> 01:25:48,520

    surprise! But the thing is... I need

    o be something very pretty, you know?

    34

    :25:48,840 --> 01:25:54,198

    ou will be very, very pretty...

    et ready for the change, papa!

    35

    :25:54,920 --> 01:25:58,674

    ttention! -What's

    he going to change me into, the wretch!

    36

    :26:02,120 --> 01:26:05,396

    o draw out of his lair

    37

    :26:05,600 --> 01:26:09,149mouse who is hiding his snout,

    38

    :26:09,400 --> 01:26:12,517

    ot far from the little beast's nose

    39

    :26:12,760 --> 01:26:15,752

    ne must drop some tasty morsel.

    0

    :26:15,920 --> 01:26:19,515

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    know another method

    1

    :26:19,760 --> 01:26:22,752

    ure to fetch from her hiding-place

    2:26:22,920 --> 01:26:28,790

    woman whom one