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Ralph is a student at Trinity College, University of Cambridge. He has arranged to meet Tess, a female student from Girton College, in secret. Private encounters between male and female students are strictly forbidden, so they meet in the nearby orchard in darkness. They have only previously communicated briefly, although they are immediately attracted to each other. This is their first liaison and Ralph is keen to impress Tess.
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START: [Girton’s orchard. RALPH waits leaning against a tree. TESS appears. It’s dark and very quiet. She creeps to one tree. He creeps to another. She moves in the shadows from tree to tree, becoming increasingly anxious.]
TESS. Curses.
[... …]
END: RALPH. I’ll leave you a sign. Look out for it. Goodnight, sweet mistress!
TESS. Goodnight.
[She watches him until he is out of sight. Then she has a little moment of elation before she exits.]
Jessica Swale, Blue Stockings, NHB Modern Plays, e-book edition, 2013, pp.63-68.
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