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Anne has just returned home after being fired from her post as governess in a private house. She was appointed alongside her brother, Branwell, but he had an affair with the mistress of the house and they were both dismissed. Anne is tired and drained from her journey home and the stress of looking after Branwell. She knows their brother is struggling with his state of mind and is fearful for him. While Charlotte is out, she talks with her sister Emily, who is also troubled.
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START: ANNE. I have been so long away. I am not myself.
EMILY. Sh-sh-sh-sh. You are home.
ANNE. There have been things I dared not look upon for the ache… Stars at night.
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END: ANNE. ...While young men must endlessly prove themselves, we are kept like overgrown infants in the nursery of life, our talents wasted, our energy squandered on meaningless tasks, peering out at a world we will never know –
Polly Teale, Bronte, NHB Modern Plays, Kindle Edition, 2014, pp.58-60
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