The Rake's Progress:Act I Scene 1: All is ready, sir (Shadow, Rakewell)

Music: Igor Stravinsky All is ready, sir. Tell me, good Shadow: since, born and bred in indigence, I am unacquainted with such matters, what wages you customarily receive?. Let us not speak of that, master, till you know better what my services are worth. A year and a day hence, we will settle our account. And then, I promise you, you shall pay me no more and no less than what you yourself acknowledge to be just. A fair offer. 'Tis agreed.