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Dramatis Personæ .
Mr. Mortimer Langley , Country Gentleman and Magistrate .
Jim Berkley , Decorative Artist .
Miss Langley , " Aunt Griselda " ( hygienic reformer ).
Lady Catherine Brakespear , Widow .
Phyllis , Mr. Langley's daughter .
Scene . — Mr. Langley's country house .
I.
( Griselda's sitting-room, very white and severe; full of hygienic apparatus, samples and patterns lying about. A lay figure on one side, on which Griselda is occupied arranging sanitary costume .)
stepping back to contemplate figure ].
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outside
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emphatically ].
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at the door ].
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politely ].
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sharply ].
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aside ].
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solemnly ].
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starting ].
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snorting
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sketching in his note-book, and not listening in the least ].
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severely ].
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aside ].
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shrieking ].
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wringing her hands ].
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solemnly ].
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indignant ].
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getting up ].
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half softened ].
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sympathetically ].
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jumping up and turning to him ].
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bristling up ].
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coolly ].
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startled ].
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decidedly
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doubtfully ].
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sharply ].
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aside ].
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starting ].
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aside ].
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aside ].
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aside ].
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aside ].
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outside ].
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despairing ].
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Enter Mr. Langley , fuming
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hastily ].
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disgusted ].
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indignant ].
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half-crying ].
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impatiently ].
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offended ].
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aside to her ].
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aside ].
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Enter Lady Catherine
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sitting down ].
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gratified ].
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Both talk at once to Lady Catherine. Phyllis comes forward.
aside ].
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aside ].
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aside ].
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aside ].
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aside ].
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confused ].
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surprised ].
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startled ].
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startled ].
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sitting down and drawing Phyllis beside her ].
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astonished ].
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throwing her arms round her ].
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meditatively ].
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anxiously ].
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hiding her face on Lady Catherine's shoulder ].
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Enter Griselda , much astonished at the spectacle
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Scene closes .
II.
— ( The same room. Enter Lady Catherine .)
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rising ].
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evading it ].
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looking at his hands ].
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Enter Phyllis hastily
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shrieks ].
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dissolved in fits of laughter ].
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gasping ].
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leaning on lay figure ].
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gasping at intervals ].
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avoiding it ].
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exploding with laughter ].
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wrathful ].
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dodging him ].
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admiringly ].
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aside ].
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assuming an outrageous brogue ].
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choking with wrath ].
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aside ].
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storming up and down ].
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aside ].
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storming ].
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fumbling over Blue Books ].
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aside ].
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furious ].
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Phyllis slips in, with hat and cloak on, drops a note on the table, beckons to Jim, and steps to the door, unseen by Mr Langley
looking over Mr. Langley's shoulder and inventing wildly
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gasping ].
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Enter Griselda , indignant
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coolly ].
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aghast ].
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reads ].
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raging ].
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reads and turns on him ].
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confused ].
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Enter Lady Catherine
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sitting down ].
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groans ].
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calmly ].
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crushed ].
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reviving ].
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disgusted ].
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groans dismally ].
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moans ].
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groans ].
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Enter Jim behind, in his own dress, and Phyllis
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coming forward ].
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stammering ].
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slily ].
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demurely ].
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starts violently
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aside ].
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clinging to him ].
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aside triumphantly ].
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Curtain .