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<v Speaker 1>In the Lion's Den from Mister Puncher's Dramatic Sequels by

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<v Speaker 1>sin John Hankin. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox

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<v Speaker 1>to volunteer, please visit LibriVox dot org. The Lady of Lyon.

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<v Speaker 1>When Lord Lytton provided the conventional happy ending for the

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<v Speaker 1>Lady of Lyon by reuniting Pauline Nay de Chapelle to

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<v Speaker 1>the devoted Claude Melnot, promoting the latter to the rank

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<v Speaker 1>of colonel in the French Army, he seems not to

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<v Speaker 1>have troubled his head as to the divergent social ideas

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<v Speaker 1>of the happy pair, nor as to how the vulgar

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<v Speaker 1>and purse proud family of de Chapelle and the humbler

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<v Speaker 1>Melknots would get on together. The sequel throws a lurid

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<v Speaker 1>light on these points. In writing it, great pains have

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<v Speaker 1>been taken to make the blank Verse, wherever possible, as

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<v Speaker 1>bad as Lord Lytton's Dramatis personi. Pauline Melnott read.

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<v Speaker 2>By by Amanda Friday.

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<v Speaker 1>Claude Melnott read by Lambda James Manservant.

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<v Speaker 3>Read by Elizabeth Klett.

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<v Speaker 4>Missus Melnott read by Karen Savage. Missus de Chapelle read

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<v Speaker 4>by Capricia Page Narrator read by Ruth Golding. In the

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<v Speaker 4>Lion's Den, seen the drawing room of Claude Melnott's house,

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<v Speaker 4>Pauline is sitting by the fire, Claude leaning with his

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<v Speaker 4>back against the mantelpiece. James, a manservant in livery, enters

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<v Speaker 4>with a card on a salver reading card.

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<v Speaker 2>Missus Smith not at home, James.

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<v Speaker 1>Who can never quite get out of his habit of

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<v Speaker 1>speaking in first.

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<v Speaker 5>Why are you not at home? To mister Smith, my

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<v Speaker 5>dear Claude.

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<v Speaker 2>That woman mister Smith kept a greengrocer's shop. Tis true,

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<v Speaker 2>he made a great deal of money by his contracts

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<v Speaker 2>to supply the armies of the Republic with vegetables, but

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<v Speaker 2>they are not gentle people.

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<v Speaker 5>In his most byronic manner, what is it makes a gentleman? Pauline,

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<v Speaker 5>ye is said to have a cousin in the peerage.

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<v Speaker 2>Partly that dear or is to.

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<v Speaker 5>Be honest, simple kind. But I have no.

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<v Speaker 2>Reason for believing mister Smith to have been more honest

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<v Speaker 2>than the general run of army contractors.

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<v Speaker 5>Continuing gentle in speech and action as in name. Oh,

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<v Speaker 5>it is this that makes a gentleman, and mister Smith,

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<v Speaker 5>although ye kept a shop, me very properly be so described.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, I know, dear, everybody calls himself a gentleman nowadays,

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<v Speaker 2>even the boy who cleans the boots. But I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>going to give in to these unhealthy modern ideas, and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not going to visit missus Smith. She is not

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<v Speaker 2>in society.

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<v Speaker 1>Off again on his high horse.

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<v Speaker 5>What is society all noble men?

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<v Speaker 2>But mister Smith isn't a nobleman?

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<v Speaker 5>Clod and women in whatever stationed born these only these

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<v Speaker 5>make up society.

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<v Speaker 2>But that's such a dreadful misuse of words, Dear. When

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<v Speaker 2>one talks of society, one does not mean good people,

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<v Speaker 2>or unselfish people, or high minded people, but people who

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<v Speaker 2>keep a carriage and give dinner parties. Those are the

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<v Speaker 2>only things which really matter socially.

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<v Speaker 5>Pauline, Pauline, what dreadful sentiments. They show a worldly and

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<v Speaker 5>perverted mind. I grieve to think my wife should uttern them.

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<v Speaker 2>I wish Claude you try and give up talking in

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<v Speaker 2>blank verse. It's a very bad form, and it's very

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<v Speaker 2>bad verse too. Try and break yourself of it off.

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<v Speaker 5>Again, all noble thoughts, Pauline.

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<v Speaker 2>No, no, no, Clode, I really can't have this ranting

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<v Speaker 2>byronics are quite out of.

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<v Speaker 1>Fashion, relapsing gloomily into prose.

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<v Speaker 5>You may laugh at me, Pauline, but you know I

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<v Speaker 5>am right.

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<v Speaker 2>Of course, you're right, dear, much too right for this

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<v Speaker 2>wicked world. That's why I never can take your advice

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<v Speaker 2>on any subject. You're so unpractical.

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<v Speaker 1>Breaking out again the world, the world?

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<v Speaker 5>Oh how I aid this world?

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<v Speaker 2>Now, that's silly of you, dear. There's nothing like making

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<v Speaker 2>the best of a bad thing. By the way, Clode,

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<v Speaker 2>didn't you say Missus Melnot was coming to call this afternoon.

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<v Speaker 5>Yes, dear mother, how nice will be to see her again?

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<v Speaker 2>It will be charming, of course, I do hope no

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<v Speaker 2>one else will call at the same time. Perhaps i'd

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<v Speaker 2>better tell James we are not at home to any

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<v Speaker 2>one except missus Melnot.

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<v Speaker 5>Oh no, don't do that. My mother will enjoy meeting

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<v Speaker 5>our friends.

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<v Speaker 2>No doubt, dear. But will our friends enjoy meeting your mother?

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<v Speaker 1>Seeing him about to burst forth again?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yes, Clode, I know what you are going to say.

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<v Speaker 2>But after all, Lyons is a very purse, proud vulgar place.

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<v Speaker 2>You know how my mother can behave on occasions, and

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<v Speaker 2>if missus melnot happens to be here when other people

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<v Speaker 2>paul it might be very unpleasant. I really think I

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<v Speaker 2>had better say we are not at home.

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<v Speaker 1>To any one rises to ring the.

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<v Speaker 5>Bell, Pauline, I forbid you sit down at once. If

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<v Speaker 5>my family are not good enough for your friends, let

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<v Speaker 5>them drop us and be hanged to them.

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<v Speaker 2>Clode, don't storm. It's so vulgar, and there's not the

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<v Speaker 2>least occasion for it either. I only thought it would

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<v Speaker 2>be pleasanter for all our visitors, your dear mother among

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<v Speaker 2>the number, if we avoided all chance of disagreeable scenes.

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<v Speaker 2>But there, dear, you've no savoir faire, and I'm afraid

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<v Speaker 2>we shall never get into society.

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<v Speaker 1>It's very sad, touched by her patience.

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<v Speaker 5>I am sorry, my dear. I ought to have kept

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<v Speaker 5>my temper, but I wish you weren't so set upon

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<v Speaker 5>getting into society. Isn't it a little.

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<v Speaker 1>Snobbish, wilfully misunderstanding him?

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<v Speaker 2>It's dreadfully snobbish, dear. The most snobbish sort of society

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<v Speaker 2>I know all provincial towns are like that. But it's

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<v Speaker 2>the only society there is here, you know, and we

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<v Speaker 2>must make the best of it.

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<v Speaker 5>My poor Pauline kissing her.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know, Clode, social distinctions do exist, why not

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<v Speaker 2>recognize them? And the late mister Melnott was a gardener.

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<v Speaker 5>He was an excellent gardener.

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<v Speaker 2>One of the lower classes.

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<v Speaker 5>In a republic. There are no lower classes in a republic.

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<v Speaker 2>There are no higher classes, and class distinctions are more

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<v Speaker 2>sharply drawn than ever.

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<v Speaker 5>In consequence, so much the worse for the republic.

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<v Speaker 2>Claude, I begin to think you are an anarchist.

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<v Speaker 5>I I am a colonel in the French army.

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<v Speaker 2>But not a real colonel, Clode, only a Republican colonel.

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<v Speaker 5>I rose from the ranks in two years by merit.

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<v Speaker 2>I know, dear, real colonel's only rise by interest.

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<v Speaker 1>Claude gasps, opening the door and showing in a wizened

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<v Speaker 1>old lady in rusty black garments and a bonnet. Slightly

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<v Speaker 1>awry missus Melnot Pauline goes forward to greet her. Not

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<v Speaker 1>seeing her, Oh my dear son runs across the room

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<v Speaker 1>to Claude. Before the eyes of the deeply scandalized James

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<v Speaker 1>and kisses him repeatedly.

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<v Speaker 3>How glad I am to see you again, and your

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<v Speaker 3>grand house and your fine servants in livery too.

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<v Speaker 1>Pauline shudders, and so does James. The latter goes out.

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<v Speaker 5>My dearest mother.

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<v Speaker 1>Kisses her, beaming on Pauline, how.

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<v Speaker 3>Do you do, my dear, Let me give my Claude's

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<v Speaker 3>wife a kiss.

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<v Speaker 1>Does so in resounding fashion, as soon as she has

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<v Speaker 1>recovered from the warmth of this embrace.

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<v Speaker 2>How do you do, Missus Melnott. Won't you sit down?

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you kindly, my dear I don't mind if I do.

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<v Speaker 1>A ring is heard outside, followed by the sound of

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<v Speaker 1>someone being admitted. Pauline looks anxiously towards the door to

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<v Speaker 1>herself a visitor.

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<v Speaker 2>How unlucky I wonder who.

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<v Speaker 1>It is throwing open the door, Missus de Chapel.

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<v Speaker 2>Great heavens.

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<v Speaker 1>My mother falls back, overwhelmed into her chair in her

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<v Speaker 1>most elaborate manner.

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<v Speaker 6>My dear child, you are unwell. My coming has been

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<v Speaker 6>a shock to you. But there a daughter's affection.

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<v Speaker 1>Claude shaking hands with him.

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<v Speaker 6>How wonderful it.

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<v Speaker 2>Is, dear mother. We are delighted to see you.

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<v Speaker 6>Of course I ought to have called before. I have

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<v Speaker 6>been meaning to come ever since you returned from your honeymoon.

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<v Speaker 6>But I have so many visits to pay, and you

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<v Speaker 6>have only been back ten weeks.

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<v Speaker 2>I quite understand, mother, dear.

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<v Speaker 6>And as I always say to your poor father, when

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<v Speaker 6>one is a leader in society, one has so many engagements.

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<v Speaker 6>I am sure you find that.

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<v Speaker 2>I have hardly begun to receive visits yet.

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<v Speaker 6>No, dear, But then it's different for you. When you

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<v Speaker 6>married Colonel Melnott, of course you gave up all social ambitions.

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<v Speaker 3>I am sure no one could wish for a better

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<v Speaker 3>braver husband than my Claude.

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<v Speaker 1>Turning sharply round and observing Missus Melnott for the first time,

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<v Speaker 1>I beg your pardon.

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<v Speaker 3>I said no, and could have a better husband than.

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<v Speaker 1>Claude, dumbfounded, appealing to Pauline, Who who is.

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<v Speaker 2>This person I think you have met before? Mother, This

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<v Speaker 2>is Missus Melnott.

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<v Speaker 6>Oh, the gardener's wife, melodramatic at.

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<v Speaker 5>Once, Yes, the gardener's wife and my mother.

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<v Speaker 6>Of course, I know the unfortunate relationship between you, Claude.

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<v Speaker 6>You need not thrust it down my throat. You know

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<v Speaker 6>how unpleasant it.

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<v Speaker 1>Is for me shocked at this bad taste.

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<v Speaker 2>Mother, Oh, yes.

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<v Speaker 6>It is as I was saying to your poor father yesterday.

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<v Speaker 6>Of course Claude is all right. He is an officer now,

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<v Speaker 6>and all officers are supposed to be gentlemen. But his

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<v Speaker 6>relatives are impossible, quite impossible.

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<v Speaker 5>This insolence is intolerable. Madame Dischival Claude Cloude, don't be angry.

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<v Speaker 3>Remember who she is.

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<v Speaker 5>I remember well enough. She is Madam Deschapel's and her

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<v Speaker 5>husband as a successful tradesman. He was an English shop boy,

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<v Speaker 5>and his proper name was Chapel. He came over to

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<v Speaker 5>Franz grew rich pu de dieu before his name, and

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<v Speaker 5>now gives himself airs like the other parvenus monster.

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<v Speaker 2>My dear Clode, how wonderfully.

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<v Speaker 3>Interesting rising, my son, you must not forget your manners.

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<v Speaker 3>Missus Deschapelle is Pauline's mother. I will go away now

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<v Speaker 3>and leave you to make your apologies to her.

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<v Speaker 1>Claude tries to prevent her going.

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<v Speaker 5>No, No, I.

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<v Speaker 3>Will go really, good bye, my son, good bye, dear.

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<v Speaker 1>Pauline, kisses her and goes out.

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<v Speaker 6>If that woman imagines that I am going to stay

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<v Speaker 6>here after being insulted, by you as I have been.

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<v Speaker 6>She is much mistaken. Please ring for my carriage Claude rings.

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<v Speaker 6>As for you, Pauline, I always told you what would

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<v Speaker 6>happen if you insisted on marrying beneath you, And now

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<v Speaker 6>you see I'm right.

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<v Speaker 2>You seem to forget, Mamma that Papa was practically a

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<v Speaker 2>bankrupt when I married, and that Clode paid his debts.

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<v Speaker 6>I forget nothing, and I do not see that it

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<v Speaker 6>makes the smallest difference. I am not blaming your poor

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<v Speaker 6>father for having his debts paid by Colonel Melnott. I

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<v Speaker 6>am blaming you for marrying him.

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<v Speaker 1>Good Bye, she sweeps out in a towering passion.

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<v Speaker 2>Sit down, Clode, and don't glower at me like that.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not my fault. If Mamma does not know how.

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<v Speaker 1>To behave struggling with his rage.

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<v Speaker 5>That's true. That's true.

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<v Speaker 2>Poor mamma. Her want of breeding is terrible. I have

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<v Speaker 2>always noticed it. But that story about mister Chappelle explains

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<v Speaker 2>it all. Why didn't you tell it to me before.

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<v Speaker 5>I thought it would pain you pain me?

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<v Speaker 2>I am delighted with it. Why it explains everything, It

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<v Speaker 2>explains me, It explains you even and miss Chappelle might

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<v Speaker 2>marry any one. Don't frown, Clode laugh. We shall never

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<v Speaker 2>get into society in Lions, but at least we shall

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<v Speaker 2>never have another visit from Mamma. The worst has happened.

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<v Speaker 2>We can now live happily ever afterwards.

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<v Speaker 1>Curtain end of in the Lion's Den.