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Mildred’s aunt has been tasked with traveling with her niece to England. She is a pompous, proud, and pretentious woman who fiercely disapproves of Mildred’s intentions to work with poor people and see how the other half lives. She believes her niece should accept her privileged artificiality, instead of trying to be “sincere”. Her aunt is shocked when Mildred declares her intention to go down into the bowels of the ship and visit the hot, dirty engine room. Mildred dismisses her aunt’s
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MILDRED—[Looking up with affected dreaminess.] How the black smoke swirls back against the sky! Is it not beautiful?
AUNT—[Without looking up.] I dislike smoke of any kind.
MILDRED—My great-grandmother smoked a pipe—a clay pipe.
AUNT—[Ruffling.] Vulgar!
MILDRED—She was too distant a relative to be vulgar. Time mellows pipes.
AUNT—[Pretending boredom but irritated.]
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