Impromptu
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:32:02
You’re a fine shot, sir.
:32:04
I can see you’re not
one of those perfumed prancers in there.

:32:08
- What do you say to a little hunting?
- I am standing guard on my mistress.

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That one? She doesn’t need your
protection, by God. Fascinating creature.

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I’m sure she’d rather
come hunting with us

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than sit around arranging her flounces.
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”One warm word from you and I live.
One brutal word and I die.”

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”It doesn’t matter,
for I am not afraid of death any more.”

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”I have already visited the beyond
in your music.”

:32:34
- Will you take it to him?
- Why don’t you take it to him yourself?

:32:39
I’ve been avoiding him all morning.
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He’s had a poor first impression of me,
I fear.

:32:46
Before I meet him again, I want him
to be convinced of my complete sincerity.

:32:53
Well? What do you think?
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Look, you know him.
How will he respond?

:32:59
I can’t imagine any man resisting
this prose. It would melt the Alps.

:33:03
But tell me,
why do you pounce on our poor Chopin?

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My dear, he’s got one foot in the grave.
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No, no.
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We shall all be in our graves soon enough.
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But Chopin is eternal.
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The only permanent thing about him
is his cough.

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"(Duke)" Ah.
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- All right.
- Thank you, my friend.

:33:32
Madame Sand, will you delight us
with your company on a hunt?

:33:35
I must decline, Your Excellency.
:33:37
My maid is fitting me for a dress
this afternoon.

:33:41
A dress?
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(piano transcription
of Beethoven’s Sixth continues)

:33:50
(laughter and absorbed chatter)

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