Hello, Dolly! Libretto
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(ERMENGARDE duplicates last wail louder)<br />
CORNELIUS<br />
....Begging your pardon, Mrs. Levi, but if it please the court, I have something to say!<br />
MRS. LEVI<br />
I was just about to call you, Mr. Hackl. Go right ahead.<br />
(She exits L)<br />
VANDERGELDER<br />
Cornelius Hackl, if you dare testify against me, you'll be discharged!<br />
You've already done that, Mr. Vandergelder.<br />
I'll do it again!<br />
CORNELIUS<br />
VANDERGELDER<br />
CORNELIUS<br />
You've done it again too. But even if you hadn't I'd still say what I have to say....<br />
(He is crowded at one end of the docket, MRS. MOLLOY at the other)<br />
....I don't know much about disturbing the peace or inciting a riot, but I do know that what happened to me<br />
today, which is the most important thing that can happen to a man, might never have happened if I'd obeyed<br />
your orders and stayed in Yonkers, New York! Your Honor, I am talking about none other than….<br />
(A declamation)<br />
Love!<br />
VANDERGELDER<br />
What? You're trying to tell me that after thirty-three years you've fallen in love because you take one evening<br />
off?<br />
CORNELIUS<br />
Oh no, Mr. Vandergelder. I didn't fall in love with Mrs. Irene Molloy of this city in just an evening...An hour!<br />
Even that's too long! What's less than a minute?<br />
A second!<br />
Less than that!<br />
A....a moment!<br />
I 16 I IT ONLY TAKES A MOMENT<br />
MINNIE FAY<br />
CORNELIUS<br />
MINNIE FAY<br />
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