Título: Hello, Dolly! (musical)
Seção: Act II
Background: Hello, Dolly! is a 1964 musical with lyrics and music by Jerry Herman and a book by Michael Stewart. Based on Thornton Wilder's 1938 farce The Merchant of Yonkers (which Wilder revised and retitled The Matchmaker in 1955), the musical follows the story of Dolly Gallagher Levi (a strong-willed matchmaker), as she travels to Yonkers, New York, to find a match for the miserly "well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire" Horace Vandergelder.

Conteúdo: Cornelius is determined to get a kiss before the night is over, but Barnaby isn't so sure. As the clerks have no money for a carriage, they tell the girls that walking to the restaurant shows that they've got "Elegance". At the Harmonia Gardens Restaurant, Rudolph, the head waiter, prepares his service crew for Dolly Gallagher Levi's return: their usual lightning service, he tells them, must be "twice as lightning" ("The Waiters' Gallop"). Horace arrives with his date, but she proves neither as rich nor as elegant as Dolly had implied; furthermore she is soon bored by Horace and leaves, as Dolly had planned she would.  Cornelius, Barnaby, and their dates arrive, unaware that Horace is also dining at the restaurant. Irene and Minnie, inspired by the restaurant's opulence, order the menu's most expensive items. Cornelius and Barnaby grow increasingly anxious as they discover they have little more than a dollar left. Dolly makes her triumphant return to the Harmonia Gardens and is greeted in style by the staff ("Hello, Dolly!") She sits in the now-empty seat at Horace's table and proceeds to eat a large, expensive dinner, telling the exasperated Horace that no matter what he says, she will not marry him. Barnaby and Horace hail waiters at the same time, and in the ensuing confusion each drops his wallet and inadvertently picks up the other's. Barnaby is delighted that he can now pay the restaurant bill, while Horace finds only a little spare change. Barnaby and Cornelius realize

user: How does Act II begin?

assistant: Cornelius is determined to get a kiss before the night is over, but Barnaby isn't so sure.

user: What happens next?

assistant: As the clerks have no money for a carriage, they tell the girls that walking to the restaurant shows that they've got "Elegance

user: Are Cornelius and Barnaby in the restaurant or somewhere else?

assistant:   Cornelius, Barnaby, and their dates arrive, unaware that Horace is also dining at the restaurant.

user: What happens with Cornelius and Barnaby next?

assistant: Irene and Minnie, inspired by the restaurant's opulence, order the menu's most expensive items.

user: What occurs next in the story?

assistant: Cornelius and Barnaby grow increasingly anxious as they discover they have little more than a dollar left.

user: Do Cornelius and Barnaby end up ordering anything?

assistant: Cornelius and Barnaby confess that they have no money

user: How does Horace play into the story?

assistant: She sits in the now-empty seat at Horace's table and proceeds to eat a large, expensive dinner, telling the exasperated Horace that no matter what he says,

user: Who is sitting at Horace's table?

assistant: Dolly