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Wealthy heiress Lydia Languish is in the middle of a passionate love affair with a poor soldier, Ensign Beverley (although she is unaware that it is Captain Jack Absolute in disguise). She is spurred on in her affections by the huge volume of romantic literature she reads, which feeds her idealistic, romantic nature. Having recently quarreled with Beverley, she turns to books to find the answer to her relationship problems. Her cousin, Julia, has newly come to town and pays a visit to Lydia.
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LUCY Indeed, ma'am, I traversed half the town in search of it: I don't believe there's a circulating library in Bath I ha'n't been at.
LYDIA And could not you get The Reward of Constancy?
LUCY No, indeed, ma'am.
LYDIA Nor The Fatal Connexion?
LUCY No, indeed, ma'am.
LYDIA Nor The Mistakes of the Heart?
LUCY Ma'am, as ill luck would have it, Mr. Bull
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