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Twenty-five years ago, Iolanthe was banished by the Fairy Queen for marrying a mortal. This is a crime which is usually punishable by death, but the Queen commuted her sentence. All the fairies still miss Iolanthe dreadfully, the Queen included. They petition her to pardon Iolanthe so that she may return to them. The Queen knows that she shouldn't, but she want to see Iolanthe too much to resist their request.
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CELIA. Ah, it’s all very well, but since our Queen banished Iolanthe, fairy revels have not been what they were!
LEILA. Iolanthe was the life and soul of Fairyland. Why, she wrote all our songs and arranged all our dances! We sing her songs and we trip her measures, but we don’t enjoy ourselves!
FLETA. To think that five-and-twenty years have elapsed since
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