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I bend and stretch and ply my trade
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Making people all afraid
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But things look black
Business is slack
:19:11
There's no one on the rack but me
:19:18
Act four
is set in an abattoir.
:19:21
I see a lot of slapstick.
:19:23
We begin with the arrival
of the eunuchs' chorus who sing...
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"Cut Off in My Prime."
:19:33
Cut off in my prime
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Surrounded
:19:38
By beautiful women
all the time
:19:42
A eunuch's life is hard
:19:54
And nothing else
:20:00
Excuse me a moment.
:20:01
Oh, you won't want
to miss this aria.
:20:03
It reminds me
of my school days in England.
:20:14
Life is rather like a game
:20:18
It's important that you win
:20:22
And though it seem
a terrible shame
:20:26
If you lie and cheat
:20:29
And sin
:20:31
Lay up and win
:20:33
The game
:20:35
Steady.
:20:37
Where the hell's Berthold?
:20:39
- Don't know.
- I though he was with you.
:20:41
Well, if he's not here
in three and a half minutes...
:20:43
the sultan
will cut off my head!
:20:45
- And?
- And?
:20:49
Is that all?
:20:51
I'm sorry,
I don't find that funny. Do you?
:20:53
This isn't a joke!
It's a wager!
:20:57
A wager!