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 The Worsted Man [DOLL takes centre of stage and looks sheepishly around. All. (Glancing angrily at him.) Villain, dastard, flirt! Doll. (Nervously.) Let me explain Impatience. (Firmly.) There is no ex planation possible, you wicked man. Have you not given your heart to each one of us? Doll. Yes, but Impatience. Then you must pay the penalty. CHORUS: GIRLS (Music: &quot;Now Is Not This Ridiculous,&quot; from &quot;Patience.&quot;) Now is not he preposterous, and is not he unduteous, An unalloyed philanderer, a wicked, wicked man! He s courted us in language that was chosen well and beauteous, No lover s put it better since this life of ours began, 82