Spacing with \new Lyrics and a full measure rest.

[Hwaen Ch'uqi]

Greetings All,

This is an example from a vocal score for a musical. What is the best
wway of insuring that the barline and subsequent measure respects the
length of the spoken text rather than the full bar rest?

\version "2.18.2"

\score {
  <<
    \new Voice = "Darcy" \relative c' {
      \key es \major \time 3/2 \clef treble
      <<
        {
          R1.^\fermataMarkup %170
        }
        \new Lyrics \with {
          \override LyricText.font-shape = #'italic
          \override LyricText.self-alignment-X = #LEFT
        }
        {
          \lyricmode {
            \markup {
              \column {
                \line {
                  \fontsize #1 \upright \smallCaps Esther: "Oh. It's just what 
I've
always wanted!"
                }
              }
            }8*12
          }
        }
      >>
      \override NoteHead.style = #'cross
      bes'8^\markup \fontsize #1 \smallCaps Chorus r r4 r1\bar "|." %171

    }
    \new Lyrics \lyricsto "Darcy" {
      \override LyricHyphen.minimum-distance = #1.0
      \set lyricMelismaAlignment = #CENTER
      jah!
    }
  >>
}

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