DUET (Melissa and Lady Blanche) "Now Wouldn't you like to Rule the Roast" Melissa: Now wouldn't you like to rule the roast And guide this University? Blanche: I must agree, 'Twould pleasant be, (Sing hey, a Proper Pride!) Melissa: And wouldn't you like to clear the coast, Of malice and perversity? Blanche: Without a doubt, I'll bundle 'em out, (Sing hey, when I preside!) Both: Sing hey! Sing hoity toity! Sorry for some! Sing marry, come up, and (my) her day will come! Sing Proper Pride Is the horse to ride, And Happy-go-lucky, my Lady, O! Blanche: For years I've writhed beneath her sneers, Although a born Plantagenet! Melissa: You're much too meek, Or you would speak (Sing hey, I'll say no more!) Blanche: Her elder I, by several years, Although you'd ne'er imagine it. Melissa: Sing, so I've heard But never a word Have I e'er believ'd before! Both: Sing hey! Sing hoity toity! Sorry for some! Sing marry, come up, and her (my) day will come! Sing, she shall learn That a worm will turn. Sing Happy-go-lucky, my Lady, O! (Exit Lady Blanche) Melissa: Saved for a time, at least! (Enter Florian, on tiptoe) Florian: (Whispering) Melissa — come! Melissa: Oh, sir! you must away from this at once— My mother guessed your sex! It was my fault— I blushed and stammered so that she exclaimed, "Can these be men?" Then, seeing this, "Why these—" "Are men", she would have added, but "are men" Stuck in her throat! She keeps your secret, sir, For reasons of her own — but fly from this And take me with you — that is — no — not that! Florian: I'll go, but not without you! (Bell) Why, what's that? Melissa: The luncheon bell. Florian: I'll wait for luncheon then!