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FLORENCE This is the one situation I wanted most to avoid Nothing I say will convince him this isn't a trick. THE RUSSIAN A drink on a clear moonlit night--I relax, she smiles There's something unpleasant going on FLORENCE So with immaculate timing, I'm left to carry the can Embarrassed, outnumbered, marooned-- THE RUSSIAN Now she can't be working for them--I mean us-- She seems so very straightforward-- But where is he? FLORENCE He has to come back--he wanted this meeting, well didn't he? THE RUSSIAN Maybe he's scared--just as scared as he was in the game FLORENCE Oh I just couldn't care less He can go right ahead, go and wreck his career Letras de cancionesI know I've done my best THE RUSSIAN Well, at least she's a good-looking spy. FLORENCE What if my Russian friend thinks that my plans Are more of an intimate kind? If I don't say something and soon He'll go-- nobody's on nobody's side. THE RUSSIAN Listen, I hate to break up the mood Get to the point, begin the begin Haven't you noticed we're a protagonist short In this idyllic, well-produced scene? FLORENCE All I can say is moments ago He was right here ready and waiting THE RUSSIAN Never mind him--I haven't missed him so far BOTH Maybe it won't do any harm To struggle on without his charm? Funny how all at once I feel That he can go jump off the mountain I won't care FLORENCE This is the one situation I wanted most to avoid THE RUSSIAN My dear opponent--I really can't imagine why FLORENCE So I am not dangerous then? What a shame! THE RUSSIAN Oh you're not dangerous--who could think that of you? BOTH You--you are so strange--why can't you be what you ought to be? You should be scheming, intriguing, too clever by half-- THE RUSSIAN I have to hand it to you For you've managed to make me forget why I ever agreed to this farce. BOTH I don't know why I can't think of anything I would rather do than be wasting my time on mountains with you From Letras Mania