The Parlour Car

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Scene : A Parlour Car on the New York Central Railroad. It is late afternoon in the early autumn, with a cloudy sunset threatening rain. The car is unoccupied save by a gentleman, who sits fronting one of the windows, with his feet in another chair; a newspaper lies across his lap; his hat is drawn down over his eyes, and he is apparently asleep. The rear door of the car opens, and the conductor enters with a young lady, heavily veiled, the porter coming after with her wraps and travelling-bags. The lady's air is of mingled anxiety and desperation, with a certain fierceness of movement. She casts a careless glance over the empty chairs .

Conductor . —

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Miss Lucy Galbraith . —

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Porter . —

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Miss G. ,

absently. —

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Porter . —

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Miss G. —

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Porter . —

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Miss G. —

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The gentleman stirs in his chair, lifts his head, listens, takes his feet down from the other seat, rises abruptly, and comes to Miss Galbraith's side.

Mr. Allen Richards . —

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Miss G. —

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Mr. Richards . —

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Miss G. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. ,

scornfully. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. ,

averting her face. —

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Mr. R. ,

with sentiment. —

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Miss G. —

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Mr. R. ,

with a forlorn smile. —

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Miss G. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. ,

looking out of the window. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. —

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Mr. R. ,

dryly. —

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Miss G. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. ,

faintly. —

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Mr. R. ,

with dismay. —

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Miss G. ,

will polite ceremony. —

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Mr. R. ,

without heeding her. —

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Miss G. ,

kneeling promptly. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. ,

very coldly. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. ,

after a moment. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. ,

burying her face in her handkerchief, and sobbing. —

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Mr. R. —

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Porter ,

who at this moment enters with his step-ladder, and begins to light the lamps. —

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Mr. R. —

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Porter . —

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Mr. R. —

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Porter . —

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Mr. R. —

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Porter ,

laughing. —

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Miss G. ,

plaintively. —

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Mr. R. ,

wheeling round so as to confront her. —

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Miss G. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. ,

wildly. —

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Mr. R. ,

languidly. —

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Miss G. ,

faintly. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. ,

with dignity. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. ,

indignantly. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. ,

behind her handkerchief. —

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Mr. R. ,

over his shoulder. —

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Miss G. —

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Mr. R. ,

coming back, and sitting down in the chair nearest her. —

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Miss G. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. ,

without regarding him. —

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Mr. R. ,

in amazement. —

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Miss G. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. ,

very sternly at first, with a rising hysterical inflection. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. ,

interrupting him. —

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Mr. R. ,

grimly. —

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Miss G. —

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Mr. R. ,

quietly. —

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Miss G. ,

springing fiercely to her feet. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. ,

anxiously. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. —

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Mr. R. ,

unsympathetically. —

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Miss G. ,

mortified, yet anxious. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. ,

listening to the rain-fall on the roof. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G.

rises and goes to the large mirror to wipe away her tears. She glances at Mr. Richards, who does not move. She sits down in a seat nearer him than the chair she has left. After some faint murmurs and hesitations, she asks,

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Mr. R. ,

with indifference. —

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Miss G. ,

after another hesitation. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. ,

tremulously. —

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Mr. R. ,

dryly. —

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Miss G.

returns to her former place with a wounded air, and for a moment neither speaks. Finally she asks very meekly,

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Mr. R. ,

coldly. —

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Miss G. ,

after some little noises and movements meant to catch Mr. R.'s attention. —

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Mr. R. ,

still very coldly. —

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Miss G. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. ,

plaintively. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. ,

very judicially. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. ,

becoming more and more uneasy as the noise of the approaching train grows louder. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. ,

with sudden violence. —

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Mr. R. ,

relenting. —

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Miss G. ,

quickly. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. ,

running towards the rear door. —

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Porter . —

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Miss G. ,

disengaging herself. —

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Porter . —

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Miss G. ,

in a fearful whisper. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. ,

ruefully. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. ,

demurely. —

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Mr. R. ,

starting, in burlesque of her movement, as if a thought had struck him . —

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Miss G. ,

faintly. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. ,

more faintly still. —

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Mr. R. ,

coming and standing in front of her, with his hands in his pockets. —

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Miss G. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. —

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Mr. R. ,

after a little silence. —

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Miss G. ,

softly. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. ,

springing from her seat, and confronting him. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. ,

hiding her face on his shoulder. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. ,

starting away again and looking about the car. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. —

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Mr. R. —

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Porter ,

entering and gathering up Miss Galbraith's things. —

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Miss G. ,

rising and adjusting her dress, and then looking about the car, while she passes her hand through her lover's arm. —

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Mr. R. ,

kissing his hand in like manner. —

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Miss G. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. —

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Mr. R. —

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Miss G. —

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Citation Suggestion for this Object: TextGrid Repository (2024). American Drama. The Parlour Car. The Parlour Car. American Drama Corpus. Mathias Göbel. https://hdl.handle.net/21.11113/0000-0014-A892-7