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The family of Lord Loam has just been rescued from two years marooned on a deserted island, and Lady Mary Lasenby, the eldest daughter of the house, has been reunited with her fiance, Lord Brocklehurst. During her time on the island, Mary fell in love with, and became engaged to, Crichton, the family butler, who had become the leader of the group due to his superior intelligence and survival skills. Mary has decided to act honorably, and told her father to inform Lord Brocklehurst of her
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LADY MARY. Yes, father. (She induces him to go, and thus courageously faces LORD BROCKLEHURST to hear her fate.) I am ready, George.
LORD BROCKLEHURST (who is so agitated that she ought to see he is thinking not of her but of himself). It is a painful matter—I wish I could have spared you this, Mary.
LADY MARY. Please go on.
LORD BROCKLEHURST. In common
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