How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from The Sound of Music.
Quote #4
GRETL: Father, who is our new governess going to be?
VON TRAPP: Well, you're not going to have a governess anymore.
CHILDREN [together]: We're not?
VON TRAPP: No. You're going to have a new mother.
We don't know about you, but Shmoop found this scene to be very upsetting. The baroness is standing there stiff as a board; she's just told Max that she's shipping the kids off to boarding school ASAP after the wedding. The kids are devastated and trying not to show it. It is not looking good for the children. Or for Maria, who's on her way back to the house to take the biggest risk of her life.
Quote #5
VON TRAPP: Maria, is there anyone I should go to, to ask permission to marry you?
MARIA: Why don't we ask . . .
VON TRAPP: . . . the children?
We've known all along that this von Trapp family would eventually include Maria—we just didn't know how it was going to happen. Thanks to the baroness for removing herself from the picture so that Georg can marry the woman he's just realized he really loves. Somehow, we don't think the kids are going to object.
Quote #6
CAPTAIN VON TRAPP: Max! Somehow I recall having made it quite clear to you how I feel about my family singing in public.
Even though Captain von Trapp has let music into the house again, he does not want to put his children on display. He's loosened up, but not that much. The idea is a little too "Toddlers and Tiaras" for his taste.