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Ruth has summoned Madame Arcati back to the house after the successful seance the night before. Ruth wants Madame Arcati to get rid of the ghost of her husband's first wife as she is causing havoc within the household. However, Ruth is sharp and dismissive of Madame Arcati's skills. This greatly annoys Madame Arcati, who learns that she was only invited to the house as a source of amusement.
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Start: Madame Arcati: My dear Mrs. Condomine, I came directly I got your message.
Ruth: That was very kind of you.
Madame Arcati: Kind? Nonsense! Nothing kind about it--I look up on it as an outing.
End: Madame Arcati: Your attitude from the outset has been most unpleasant, Mrs. Condomine. Some of your remarks have been discourteous in the extreme and I should like to say without umbrage that if you and your husband were foolish enough to tamper with the unseen for paltry motives and in a spirit of ribaldry, whatever has happened to you is your own fault, and, to coin a phrase, as far as I'm concerned you can stew in your own juice!
Noel Coward Three Plays: Blithe Spirit, Hay Fever, Private Lives New York: Vintage International, 1999. pp.60-66.
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