Remember? (Act One)

Does she look like her pictures?
 Who, dear?
 Desiree Armfeldt, of course
 How should I know, dear?
 Well, I only thought...
 You only thought- what?
 Desiree is not a common name
 I mean none of your typists and things are called Desiree
 Are they?
 Shh
 Tell me something about this remarkable Countess, Madame
 It is said that her power over men
 Is most extraordinary
 Her lovers are as many as the pearls
 In the necklace which she always wears
 The Countess Celimene de Francen de la Tour de Casa
 Remember?
 Remember?
 The old deserted beach that we walked
 Remember?
 Remember?
 The cafe in the park where we talked?
 Remember?
 Remember?
 The tenor on the boat that we charted
 Belching The Bartered Bride
 Ah, how we laughed
 Ah, how we cried
 Ah, how you promised
 And, ah, how I lied
 Why did she look at us?
 Shh
 Dear Madame Merville
 What a charming mischance
 To find you here this evening
 I don't think she looked especially at us
 Charming indeed, dear Celimene
 She did
 She peered, and then she smiled
 Oh, dear Countess
 I implore you to reveal to me
 The secret of your success
 With the hardier sex
 She smiled at us
 Dear Madame
 That can be summed up in one single word
 She's ravishingly beautiful
 Make up!
 Dignity!
 Dignity?
 Dignity
 We women have the right
 To commit any crime toward our husbands
 Our lovers
 Our sons
 As long as we do not hurt their dignity
 We should make men's dignity our best ally
 And caress it, cradle it
 Speak tenderly to it
 And handle it as our most delightful toy
 Then a man is in our hands
 At our feet
 And anywhere else we momentarily wish him to be
 I want to go home
 Anne
 I want to go home!
 Anne!
 Remember?
 Remember?
 Remember? (Remember?)
 Remember?
 The local village dance on the green
 Remember?
 Remember?
 The lady with the large tambourine?
 Remember?
 Remember?
 The one who played the harp in her boa
 Thought she was so adept!
 Ah. how we laughed
 Ah, how we wept
 Ah, how we polka'd
 And, ah, how we slept
 How we kissed and how we clung
 Remember, darling?
 We were foolish, we were young
 More than we knew
 Yellow gingham in the bed
 Remember, darling?
 And the canopy in red
 Or was it blue?
 The funny little games that we played
 Remember?
 Remember?
 The unexpected knock of the maid
 Remember?
 Remember?
 The wine that made us both rather merry
 And, oh so very frank
 Ah, how we laughed
 Ah, how we drank
 You acquiesced
 And the rest is a blank
 What we did with your perfume
 Remember, darling?
 The condition of the room
 When we were through
 Our inventions were unique
 Remember, darling?
 I was limping for a week
 You caught the flu
 I'm sure it was you