音乐之声剧本(中英)3 Rolfe and Liesl

(Outside the house, Rolfe knocks at the door.)

Franz: Ah, Rolfe. Good evening.

Rolfe: Good evening, Franz. I trust everything is under control?

Franz: Yes, yes.

Rolfe: Good.

Franz: Are there any developments?

Rolfe: Perhaps. Is the captain at home?

Franz: He's at dinner.

Rolfe: With the family?

Franz: Yes.

Rolfe: Please give him this telegram at once.

Franz: Certainly.

(Inside, Franz gives the telegram to the captain. He reads it.)

Liesl: Franz, who delivered it?

Franz: That young lad Rolfe, of course.

Liesl: Father, may I be excused?

C: Hmm. Children, in the morning I shall be going to Vienna.

Children: Not again, father!

Gretl: How long will you be gone this time, papa?

C: I'm not sure, Gretl. I'm not sure.

Louisa: To visit the Baroness Schneider again?

Frederick: Mind your own business.

C: As a matter of fact, yes, Louisa.

Marta: Why can't we ever get to see the Baroness?

Louisa: Why would she want to see you?

C: It just so happens that you are going to see the Baroness. I'm bringing her back with me to visit us all.

Children: Good!

C: And uncle Max.

Children: Uncle Max!!

(Liesl goes out to the yard)

Liesl: Rolfe! Oh, Rolfe!

Rolfe: No, Liesl. We mustn't.

Liesl: Why not, silly?

Rolfe: I don't know. It's just...

Liesl: Isn't this why you're here waiting for me?

Rolfe: Yes, of course. I've missed you, Liesl.

Liesl: You have? How much?

Rolfe: So much that I even thought of sending you a telegram, just so that I'd be able to deliver it here.

Liesl: Oh, that's a lovely thought. Why don't you? Right now.

Rolfe: But I'm here.

Liesl: Please Rolfe. Send me a telegram. I'll start it for you. Dear Liesl.

Rolfe: Dear Liesl, I'd like to be able to tell you how I feel about you. Stop. Unfortunately this wire is already too expensive. Sincerely, Rolfe.

Liesl: Sincerely?

Rolfe: Cordially.

Liesl: Cordially?

Rolfe: Affectionately.

Liesl: Hmmm...

Rolfe: Will there be any reply?

Liesl: Dear Rolfe, Stop. Don't stop. Your Liesl. If only we didn't always have to wait for someone to send father a telegram. How do I know when I'll see you again?

Rolfe: Well, let's see. I could come here by mistake. With a telegram for Colonel Schneider. He's here from Berlin staying with the... No one is supposed to know he's here. Don't tell your father, now.

Liesl: Why not?

Rolfe: Well, your father is so... so Austrian.

Liesl: We're all Austrian.

Rolfe: Well, some people think we ought to be German. And they're very mad at those who don't think so. They're getting ready to.... Well, let's hope your father doesn't get into trouble.

Liesl: Don't worry about father. He's a big naval hero. He was even decorated by the Emperor.

Rolfe: I know. I don't worry about him. But I do worry about his daughter.

Liesl: Me? Why?

Rolfe: Well, you're so...

Liesl: What?

Rolfe: Well, you're such a baby!

Liesl: I'm sixteen, what's such a baby about that?

Rolfe (singing): You wait, little girl, on an empty stage, for fate to turn the light on.

Your life. Little girl, is an empty page,

That men will want to write on.

Liesl (singing): To write on?

Rolfe (singing): You are sixteen, going on seventeen.

Baby, it's time to think,

Better beware, be canny and careful.

Baby, you're on the brink.

You are sixteen, going on seventeen.

Fellows will fall in line.

Eager young lads and Ruez and Kaz will offer you food and wine.

Totally unprepared are you, to face a world of men.

Timid and shy and scared are you,

Things beyond your kin.

You need someone older and wiser,

Telling you what to do.

I am seventeen, going on eighteen.