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Lorenz
Her voice is every bit as fine as you might expect from the former leader of the Mittelfrank Troupe...
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Her voice is every bit as fine as you might expect from the former leader of the Mittelfrank Troupe...
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Lorenz
If it weren't for her drinking, and her woefully inadequate manners, she would fit right in with high society—wait a minute...
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If it weren't for her drinking, and her woefully inadequate manners, she would fit right in with high society—wait a minute...
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Manuela
♪As my mind clings to desperate thoughts... Here it comes, Horsebow Moon and summer's end...♪
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♪As my mind clings to desperate thoughts... Here it comes, Horsebow Moon and summer's end...♪
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Manuela
I'm feeling so lonely and blue. My dearest has left. He is gone far away, and I'm here. All alone.
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I'm feeling so lonely and blue. My dearest has left. He is gone far away, and I'm here. All alone.
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Manuela
And in my sadness, your poem... Well, it became a song for me to sing. It brought me a moment of happiness...
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And in my sadness, your poem... Well, it became a song for me to sing. It brought me a moment of happiness...
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Lorenz
I do not know who spurned you, but I assure you my poem has nothing to do with any such feelings.
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I do not know who spurned you, but I assure you my poem has nothing to do with any such feelings.
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Lorenz
No, I never said any such thing. Why, I am sure there are plenty of men who would prefer a mature woman such as yourself.
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No, I never said any such thing. Why, I am sure there are plenty of men who would prefer a mature woman such as yourself.
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Manuela
No one sees the person behind the voice. They just see me older today than yesterday. They say, "Oh, look what happened to her."
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No one sees the person behind the voice. They just see me older today than yesterday. They say, "Oh, look what happened to her."
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Manuela
Nobody sees my frustration, my resignation to be forever alone. But you do. It's all right there in your poem.
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Nobody sees my frustration, my resignation to be forever alone. But you do. It's all right there in your poem.
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Lorenz
Please. I assure you, my poem was not about that at all. It was actually about the ideal of nobility.
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Please. I assure you, my poem was not about that at all. It was actually about the ideal of nobility.
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Lorenz
The sentiment is that, someday, I know I will get what I want. There is no resignation in it, as you seem to be suggesting.
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The sentiment is that, someday, I know I will get what I want. There is no resignation in it, as you seem to be suggesting.
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Manuela
I was sure the poem was more about someone lamenting their frailty and the loneliness of time's passing.
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I was sure the poem was more about someone lamenting their frailty and the loneliness of time's passing.
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Manuela
But that's not it at all, is it? This is the story of someone impatient to get ahead. Who is afraid they'll never make it.
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But that's not it at all, is it? This is the story of someone impatient to get ahead. Who is afraid they'll never make it.
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Lorenz
The speaker in the poem does lament his shortcomings. The road to reach his ideal is long.
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The speaker in the poem does lament his shortcomings. The road to reach his ideal is long.
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Lorenz
It is a trial. A test. If he can just find his way through it, he knows he can move forward.
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It is a trial. A test. If he can just find his way through it, he knows he can move forward.
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Lorenz
So I think you should try to move forward too. Because with a voice as talented as yours, how could you possibly fail?
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So I think you should try to move forward too. Because with a voice as talented as yours, how could you possibly fail?
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Manuela
I think people who are battling through their own trials...they might find comfort in this. And I believe I'm the only one who can do your work justice.
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I think people who are battling through their own trials...they might find comfort in this. And I believe I'm the only one who can do your work justice.
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Lorenz
Very well. You have my assent. On the condition that you do not attach my name to it.
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Very well. You have my assent. On the condition that you do not attach my name to it.