First Orchestral Interlude

ALEX
So change my life for me again...

Here we go again!
Heaven knows when she'll be back --
That girl has got a knack
Of keeping you guessing!

ELIZABETH (entering flustered)
Madame will soon be here
But she says you are to leave:
Your uncle is coming
You'd better get going...

ALEX
So why all the panic?
Why shouldn't I be here?

ELIZABETH
She's scared that his heart
Couldn't stand all this drama...

ALEX
Well it's hardly a shock
If my uncle sees me here...

That girl is unbelievable!
Was last night the sort of thing
She could just forget?
It would be hard to find
A more capricious mind...

ROSE What are you doing here?
ALEX All right where have you been?
ROSE Will you please disappear?
ALEX What the hell do you mean?

ROSE (turns away)
Leave me leave me!
I don't want George exposed
To some unpleasant scene.

ALEX (getting out his gun)
If I can't have you no one will.
Killing you would be a pleasure.

ROSE
So all you're fit for is to kill?
Go on and pull the trigger
See if I care!
Come on soldier!
Be a hero!

ALEX You never loved me?
ROSE Does it matter?
ALEX You never meant it?
ROSE Who remembers?
ALEX And now you hate me...
ROSE Go away you little schoolboy...

GEORGE
My only genuine Matisse!
Thank God...
No damage done...
Would someone kindly tell me
What on earth has happened?

ELIZABETH
He lost his head
The gun went off
She's bleeding badly
Use your scarf --
Here let me help...

GEORGE
You'd better phone the doctor.