SCENE 2: The Tavern (Gaston, Lefou, Monsieur D’Arque)
(Gaston and Lefou enter the tavern with an unfamiliar man all dressed in black, the proprietor of the local lunatic asylum. They are seated at a table.)
GASTON Thank you for coming on such short notice, Monsieur d’Arque.
MR D’ARQUE: I don’t usually leave the asylum in the middle of the night. But this
fellow said you’d make it worth my while.
GASTON Look, I’ve got my heart set on marrying Belle, but she needs a
little…persuasion.
LEFOU Turned him down flat!
SONG: Maison de Lunes
GASTON: It’s like this, see…There's a danger I'll be thwarted and denied my
honeymoon
LEFOU: For the pretty thing he’s courted refuse to swoon
ALL: So, the time has come for a murky plan for which he turns to a murky man
To find that fiend where better than the Maison des Lunes?
MONSIEUR D'ARQUE:
I don't wish to seem a tad obtuse but I don't see how I can be of use
For I lock people up; I'm not a "Lonely Heart's club"
I'm a cold, cold fish I've a nasty, vicious streak
LEFOU: Please speak!
ALL: It's Belle's father who's your client she adores the old buffoon
She'll be forced to be complaint she'll dance to your tune
GASTON: We get the daughter through her dad you just pronounce the old boy mad
LEFOU: And, whoosh! He's slammed up in your pad--
ALL: at The Maison des Lunes
GASTON: Do I make myself entirely clear?
D'ARQUE: It's the simplest deal of my whole foul career!
D'ARQUE: Oh… I'll be strapping up an inmate very tightly very soon
But please don't bring him in late our check-in time's noon!
GASTON: Our sad Maurice is not too well,
LEFOU: Prepare a 5 star padded cell
ALL: And book him in for a long, long spell at the Maison des Lunes.
You’ll be strapping up an inmate very tightly very soon
But we won’t bring him late your check-in time's noon!
Our sad Maurice is not too well, prepare a 5 star padded cell
And book him in for a long, long spell at the Maison des Lunes.