Prologue: "The night smiles..." - Act One

[00:00.98] If you cheated a little it would come out
[00:04.35] Solitaire is the only thing in life that demands absolute honesty
[00:09.93] As a woman who has numbered kings among her lovers
[00:13.23] I think that my word can be taken on that point
[00:16.78] What was I talking about?
[00:19.15] It sounds very unlikely to me
[00:21.95] But you said I should watch for the night to smile
[00:26.17] Everything is unlikely, dear
[00:28.02] So don't let that deter you
[00:30.21] But how does it smile?
[00:32.21] Good Heavens!
[00:33.34] What sort of a nanny did you have?
[00:36.36] None, really
[00:37.62] Except mother
[00:39.32] And the other actresses in the company
[00:41.73] And the stage manager!
[00:43.51] Stage managers are not nannies, dear
[00:45.97] They don't have the talent
[00:47.92] But why does it smile, grandmother?
[00:50.43] At the follies of human beings, of course
[00:53.93] The first smile smiles at the young
[00:56.18] Who know nothing
[00:57.65] The second to the fools
[00:59.19] Who know too little
[01:00.64] Like Desiree
[01:02.29] Mother isn't a fool
[01:04.97] Mm-hmm
[01:06.48] And the third at the old who know too much
[01:10.08] Like me
[01:10.40] Frid, time for my nap
[01:14.33] Grandmother, might it really smile tonight?
[01:17.97] Why not?
[01:19.37] Now, practice your piano, dear
[01:21.27] Preferably with the soft pedal down
[01:23.91] And as a treat tonight at dinner
[01:25.54] I shall tell you amusing stories
[01:27.42] About my liaison with the Baron de Signac
[01:29.97] Who was, to put it mildly, peculiar
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