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ACT II.
have been in your nice little corner all this time! I suppose you have been reading a book? There are so many books here in the library.
HESTER
No, I have been listening to the conversation.
LADY HUNSTANTON
You mustn't believe everything that was said, you know, dear.
HESTER
I didn't believe any of it.
LADY HUNSTANTON
That is quite right, dear.
HESTER
[Continuing.] I couldn't believe that any women could really hold such views of life as I have heard to-night from some of your guests. [An awkward pause.]
LADY HUNSTANTON
I hear you have such pleasant society in America. Quite like our own in places, my son wrote to me.
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