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Old Ma Gwynn and her eldest daughter, Rose, have come to the Palace
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START: NELL. Mother.
MA GWYNN. My Nelly! Look at you, you little blue blood. Let me have a proper
look. My squirrel, who’d have thought it, eh? My little Nell, all in silk.
NELL. Ma.
MA GWYNN. You are like a jewel my girl. Your hair. Is that a wiggle on your head?
[... …]
END: NELL. I’ll come home.
ROSE. You will? You promise.
NELL. Yes.
ROSE. Nelly.
NELL. Yes – I do.
ROSE. When?
NELL. Soon –
ROSE. When?
NELL. Tomorrow. I’ll come tomorrow.
For full extended scene, please refer to the script edition cited here:
Jessica Swale, Nell Gwynn, NHB Modern Plays, electronic edition, pp. 87-90.
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