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Bessie is a young American heiress who has moved to England to spend
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Bessie: I wonder if you sent me these flowers, Lord Bleane?
Bleane: I did. I thought you wouldn’t mind. But that’s the only topic that occurs to me.
Bessie: There’s always the weather in England.
Bleane: You see, I’m off tomorrow.
Bessie: I never saw anyone so obstinate.
Bleane: I shan’t see you again for nearly a month. We haven’t known one another very long, and if I hadn’t been going away I expect I’d have thought it better to wait a bit.
Bessie: Lord Bleane, don’t propose to me.
Bleane: Why not?
Bessie: Because I shall refuse you.
Bleane: Oh!
Bessie: Tell me about the part of the country you live in. I don’t know Kent at all. Is it pretty?
Bleane: I don’t know. It’s home.
Bessie: I love those old Elizabethan houses that you have in England with all their chimneys.
Bleane: Oh, ours
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