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Mrs. Cheveley is an old acquaintance of Sir Robert Chiltern. She has interests in an underhand business scheme involving the Suez Canal. However, she needs Sir Robert's influence in Parliament with an upcoming report on trade through the Canal. She demands that he withdraws his report and, when he refuses, proceeds to blackmail him with proof of his fraudulent dealings as a young man. Mrs. Cheveley is scheming, confident, and charming, much to Sir Robert's dismay.
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sir robert chiltern. And are you going to any of our country houses before you leave England, Mrs. Cheveley?
mrs. cheveley. Oh, no! I can’t stand your English house-parties. In England people actually try to be brilliant at breakfast. That is so dreadful of them! Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast. And then the family skeleton is always reading family
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