A Call To Pierre – Grace McLean, Josh Groban & Original Broadway Cast of Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812
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[A servant hands a letter to Pierre]
[Servant:] A letter from Marya Dmitryevna asking you to come and visit her On a matter of great importance Relating to Andrey Bolkonsky and his betrothed
[Pierre:] What? What can they want with me?
[He arrives at Marya D.’s]
[Marya D.:] Pierre, old friend I’m sorry it’s late I’m sorry I haven’t seen you about Where have you been? Where have you been?
[Pierre:] I have been studying
[Marya D.:] Pierre old friend, we need your help Pierre old friend: the family name! We need your help We need your help There’s ruin at the door
[Pierre:] Marya?
[Marya D.:] Natasha has let down the family
[Pierre:] What?
[Marya D.:] Natasha has broken with Andrey
[Pierre:] What?
[Marya D.:] Natasha has tried to elope
[Pierre:] What?
[Marya D.:] Natasha and Anatole Kuragin!
[Pierre:] What?!
[Marya D.:] We need your help We need your help There’s ruin at the door
[Pierre:] Natasha, that charming girl? I can’t believe my ears So I am not the only man Chained to a bad woman And Anatole, that stupid child They’ll lock him up for years For Anatole is a married man!
[Marya D.:] Married? He’s married?
[Pierre:] Yes
[Marya D.:] Oh wait ’til I tell her
[Pierre:] Poor Andrey
[Marya D.:] And when Andrey comes home He will challenge Anatole to a duel And get himself killed And all will be ruined
You must go see your brother-in-law And tell him that he must leave Moscow And not dare to let me set my eyes on him again