Expectations

[MAJOR GRAY, spoken]
You will be perfect. Now, I’m a superb judge of character. I have to be

(sung)
The influential man must always be
Keen to pass his noble traits to posterity
The care that he must use
With the wife that he must choose
Is a matter of the utmost gravity

For she must live up to expectations
Nobody can doubt her loyalty
No questions and explanations
A woman of Christian tact and dignity
This is what a wife was meant to be

You know that I have traveled far and wide
Never found a woman that I wanted by my side
Most were rather plain, some were barely sane
They wanted me but I could not oblige

For it would ruin my reputation
To settle for a homely girl
Who did not live up to expectations
This is why I’ve asked you here today
To say the words you’ve always dreamed I’d say

For no one else fulfills my standards quite the way you do
And this is why I feel that I must offer this to you

(spoken)
This ring belonged to the Dutchess of Brunswick, my great-grandmother

[MARY, spoken]
I’m just so overwhelmed. I’m not sure I deserve you...

[MAJOR GRAY, spoken]
Oh, but you do. Even so, the crown prince will need to meet and prove of you before we announce anything publicly. But when he hears you sing, our names will be spoken all over London. And I know you won’t disappoint him... or me

(sung)
For you will live up to expectations