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Lady Teazle is unhappy in a frustrating marriage with an older husband who does not appreciate her lavish spending habits. Their marriage has also caught the attention of the local gossip mongers who love nothing more than spreading malicious rumors and creating scandal. She is annoyed that there are rumors circulating that she had been unfaithful to her husband, all the more so as they are not at all true. Eager to seduce the young bride, Joseph Surface attempts to convince her that she is
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SURFACE. I have a difficult Hand to play in this Affair—Lady Teazle as lately suspected my Views on Maria—but She must by no means be let into that secret, at least till I have her more in my Power.
[Enter LADY TEAZLE]
LADY TEAZLE. What[!] Sentiment in soliloquy—have you been very impatient now?—O Lud! don't pretend to look grave—I vow I couldn't come before——
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