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Ep. 83 The Merry Widow By Franz Lehar

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The Relationship Between Valencien and Count Rossio

There's no attempt to be made to think that the chap that she married who sadly passed away was a very consequence to the story. No, there's no tears shed here. So not at this stage, certainly not. And is there any physical evidence of the relationship between Valencien and this Parisian man, de Hossignon? There is. Oh, so she says. But she has an irresistible fascination with Count Rossio and they flirt outrageously and quite flagrantly in front of her husband. She suggests that he should marry the widow because then he will be respectable and she would also be respectable but actually when it comes to it, she doesn't want him

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