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      Dramatis Personae.
    • Cook.
    • Mrs. Bemis.
    • Miss Tiffany.
    • Miss Sarsnet.
    • Miss Millinet.
    • Miss Flimsey.
    • Mrs. Partington.
    • Mr. Tweedle.
    • Mr. Trot.
    • Mr. Twist.
    • Mr. Tidd.

PARTING. SCENE I.

— Mrs. Bemis seated at her work, with a little girl at her side. The door opens half way. A head is thrust in, looking round.
Cook.

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Mrs. B.

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Cook.

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Mrs. B.

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Cook.

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Mrs. B.

Note: Contains 21 words in 3 sentences using 104 chars.

Cook.

Note: Contains 25 words in 2 sentences using 105 chars.

Mrs. B.

Note: Contains 22 words in 5 sentences using 104 chars.

Cook.

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Mrs. B.

Note: Contains 11 words in 4 sentences using 58 chars.

Cook.

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Mrs. B.

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Cook.

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Mrs. B.

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 35 chars.

Cook.

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Mrs. B.

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Cook.

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Mrs. B.

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Cook.

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Mrs. B.

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TON. SCENE II.

— A Drawing Room. Miss Tiffany , fashionably dressed, standing ready to receive company. Enter Miss Sarsnet, Miss Millinet , and Miss Flimsey , all dressed in fashionable morning dresses. Miss Flimsey finds the door too small to enter easily; the servant aids her.
Miss Tif.

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Miss Sars.

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Miss Mil.

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Miss Tif.

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Miss Sars.

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Miss Flim.

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Miss Tif.

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Miss Mil.

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( She swims round the room. )
Miss Sars.

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Miss Mil.

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Miss Tif.

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Miss Sars.

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Miss Flim.

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Miss Mil.

Note: Contains 17 words in 3 sentences using 105 chars.

Miss Sars.

Note: Contains 21 words in 4 sentences using 108 chars.

Miss Mil.

Note: Contains 14 words in 3 sentences using 77 chars.

Miss Tif.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 33 chars.

Miss Flim.

Note: Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 71 chars.

Miss Tif.

Note: Contains 45 words in 4 sentences using 199 chars.

Miss Mil.

Note: Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 79 chars.

Miss Flim.

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Miss Sars.

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 43 chars.

All.

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Miss Tif.

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Mr. T. Tidd.

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( They all bow very devotedly. )
Miss Tif.

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Mr. Trot.

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Miss Mil.

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Miss. Sars.

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Miss Tif.

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Miss Flim.

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Mr. Tweedle.

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Miss Tif.

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All.

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They all do this, and the names are counted by Miss Tiffany , and there are four votes for the See Saw; none of the others have more than two .
Miss Tif.

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All.

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Miss Flim.

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Miss Tif.

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Miss Mil.

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Miss Sars.

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Miss Flim.

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Miss Tif.

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During this conversation the gentlemen have been bowing and flirting round the ladies .
Mr. Tidd.

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They all bow profoundly .
Miss Tif.

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( Gentlemen bow again. )
Mr. Tidd.

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The gentlemen and ladies waltz, and the curtain falls .

PARTINGTON. SCENE III.

— Enter Mrs. Partington , dressed in an old black gown, scant and limpsey. She has an old shawl, and pokey old-fashioned bonnet on, and blue cotton umbrella in her hand. She holds a folded paper, and speaks in a drawling nasal tone.
Mrs. Partington.

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TextGrid Repository (2024). American Drama. Acting Charade. Partington. Acting Charade. Partington (1859). American Drama Corpus. Mathias Göbel. https://hdl.handle.net/21.11113/0000-0014-A5FB-5