SUSANNA:
[hurrying out of the alcove
and to the door of the cupboard]
Open it, quickly, open it;
Open it, it's Susanna.
Come out of there, quick, come out,
Get out of here.
CHERUBINO: [coming out]
Oh, what a horrible scene!
What a catastophe!
SUSANNA:
[running to one door,
then the other]
Get out of here!
[Cherubino tries both doors]
SUSANNA & CHERUBINO:
The doors are locked,
whatever will happen next!
CHERUBINO:
I can’t stay here.
SUSANNA:
He'll kill you if he finds you.
CHERUBINO:
[looking out of the window]
I'll just look out here.
It looks onto the garden.
[moves as if to jump]
SUSANNA:
[holding him back]
Don't do that, Cherubino!
Stop for pity's sake!
CHERUBINO:
I can’t stay here!
SUSANNA:
Stop, Cherubino!
CHERUBINO:
He'll kill me if he finds me.
SUSANNA:
[still holding him back]
It's too high to jump,
stop for pity's sake!
CHERUBINO:
[preparing to jump]
Let me go, before hurting her
I'd fly into a fire.
I embrace you for her -
farewell, so it goes.
SUSANNA:
It's too dangerous, oh God!
Stop, for pity's sake; stop!
[Cherubino jumps out]
Recitative
SUSANNA:
Oh, look at the little devil!
How he runs!
He's already a mile away.
But let's not lose our heads.
We'll go into the cupboard,
let the jealous husband come,
I'm waiting for him here.
[goes into the cupboard and shuts
the door behind her]
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