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A well-to-do family cannot be civil to each other in front of their weekend guests.

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Act II

Judith
You probably are, then. I’ll sing you something.
Richard
Please do.
Judith
Rising.
It’s awfully sad for a woman of my temperament to have a grown-up daughter, you know. I have to put my pride in my pocket and develop in her all the charming little feminine tricks which will eventually cut me out altogether.
Richard
That wouldn’t be possible.
Judith
I do hope you meant that, because it was a sweet remark.
She is at the piano, turning over music.
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