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FIRST ACT

SCENE

Lawn in front of the terrace at Hunstanton.

[SIR JOHN and LADY CAROLINE PONTEFRACT, MISS WORSLEY, on chairs under large yew tree.]

LADY CAROLINE
I believe this is the first English country house you have stayed at, Miss Worsley?

HESTER
Yes, Lady Caroline.

LADY CAROLINE
You have no country houses, I am told, in America?

HESTER
We have not many.

LADY CAROLINE
Have you any country? What we should call country?