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Jean and Julie have just consummated their relationship and Julie is
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JEAN. There, you see, and you heard them. Do you think it's possible for us to remain here any longer?
JULIE. No, I don't. But what's to be done?
JEAN. Fly! Travel—far from here!
JULIE. Travel—yes—but where?
JEAN. To Switzerland—to the Italian lakes. You have never been there?
JULIE. No—is it beautiful there?
JEAN. Oh, an eternal summer! Oranges, trees, laurels—oh!
JULIE. But what shall we do there?
JEAN. I'll open a first-class hotel for first-class patrons.
JULIE. Hotel?
JEAN. That is life—you shall see! New faces constantly, different languages. Not a moment for boredom. Always something to do night and day—the bell ringing, the trains whistling, the omnibus coming and going and all the time the gold pieces rolling into the till—that is life!
JULIE. Yes, that is life. And I—?
JEAN. The
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