hello lardy

Question 1

all: … just name the kind of man your sister wants and she’ll snatch him up. don’t forget to bring you maiden aunts and she’ll match them up. call on..

Answer 1

Dolly Levi. that’s right mrs dolly levi. born gallagher. social introductions, ladies and gentlemen of excellent family introduced under the most respectable conditions in an atmosphere of elegance and refinement.
object matrimony! unfortunately i won’t be able to offer my usual lightning service today as i have a previous appointment in yonkers new york area being the second marriage of mr horace vandergelder the well known half a millionaire.
as my late husband ephraim levi always said that means he’s got at least sixty thousand cash.
but i’ll do my best to have you carried across somebody’s threshold before the weeks out

Question 2

long paragraph

Answer 2

now i might also mention im available for financial consultation, instructions in the guitar and mandolin, short distance hauling… and varicose veins reduced

Question 3

ambrose: mrs levi

Answer 3

mr kemper the artist. you know i’m something of an artist myself. i do those silhouettes with scissors and black paper. here’s one of ada rehab looking the other way. i have to do them like that because im no good at noses

Question 4

ambrose: mrs levi the train for yonkers leaves in 5 minutes and if we don’t get there on time

Answer 4

but we will mr. kemper. and not only will horace vandergelder give you permission to marry his niece ermengarde but he will also dance at your wedding and not alone either because i happen to be engaged in finding him a suitable second wife himself. what he really wants is someone steady to clean the house. as my late husband mr. levi always said marriage is a bribe to make a housekeeper think she’s a householder

Question 5

ambrose: i know all about it mrs. levi. half of new york says he’s going to propose to mrs irene molloy this very afternoon

Answer 5

which is exactly why i’m on my way to yonkers this morning mr. kemper and can take on your case and knock off for lovebirds with one stone, or whatever i’ll throw i’ll see, and well well well what do you think of that, i have nothing here to pay my train fare with. only large bills fives and sevens

Question 6

ambrose: i have some change here somewhere. i only hope this isn’t a wild goose chase mrs. levi

Answer 6

and speaking of poultry i am also available for fresh jersey eggs, surgical corsets reboned, ears pierced, pierced ears replugged

Question 7

ambrose: tell me, mrs levi, what’s in all this for you

Answer 7

a living, mr. kemper. some people paint, some sew… i meddle

Question 8

i put my hand in finishes

ambrose: mrs levi !

Answer 8

i know mr. kemper, the yonkers train is ready to leave ! now you go and buy our tickets, get a window seat, order lunch and i’ll meet you on board. ephraim levi, im going to get married again. im going to marry horace vandergelder for his money and send it out circulating among the people like rainwater the way you taught me. and i want a sign from you sometime today that you approve. oh it wont be a marriage in the sense we had one but i shall certainly make him happy. and i’m tired ephraim. tired of living from hand to mouth so i want that sign

Question 9

ambrose: mrs levi

Answer 9

sometime today.

now don’t you worry mr kemper. well make that train, well get to yonkers, you’ll marry ermengarde. just leave everything to me.

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