This has been bugging me for a quarter of a century now....
At 1:54 - What is Brian saying? "Look at what happened to me! This is [unintelligible echo]"
SOMEONE out there knows... and I'll feel like a fool once it's pointed out to me, but I can not for the life of me decipher what he hollers out! help! link
Look what happens man
This is after the Russe adieux
French meaning the "Russian leaves". Which doesn't make sense on it's own, but if we assume the Main character's in the song are British, and they had a Russian lodger who recently left making the man and woman question their marriage, then it all fits into place.