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After a shipwreck in which her father was presumed lost at sea, Lady Mary Lasenby has been stranded on a deserted island with a small group of family, guests, and servants. Calling out in fright at some strange creature, she receives the company of her family’s excellent, subservient, and solicitous butler, Crichton, who is one of the few people working to build a shelter and find food for the group. In this scene, Crichton offers comfort to Mary, and shows his respect, but causes alarm when he
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(LADY MARY is left alone. She is the most courageous of them as well as the haughtiest, but when something she had thought to be a stick glides toward her, she forgets her dignity and screams.)
LADY MARY (calling). Crichton, Crichton!
CRICHTON (anxious). Did you call, my lady?
LADY MARY (herself again, now that he is there). I! Why should I?
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