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Charles Henry Smithson : Tell me, who is this - French lieutenant?
Ernestina : He is a man she's said to have...
Charles Henry Smithson : Fallen in love with?
Ernestina : Worse than that.
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Charles Henry Smithson : Shall we return? The wind is getting very strong.
Ernestina : I thought you might welcome a reason to hold my hand without impropriety.
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Charles Henry Smithson : This isn't mistletoe, but it will do, will it not?
Ernestina : Oh, Charles. Oh! Oh! Oh!
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Charles Henry Smithson : He was very respectful of what he called - my position as a scientist and a gentleman. In fact, he asked me about my work. But as I didn't think that fossils were quite in his line, I gave him a brief discourse on the theory of evolution instead.
Ernestina : [laughs] How wicked of you!
Charles Henry Smithson : Yes, he didn't think very much of it, I admit. In fact, he ventured the opinion that Mr. Darwin should be exhibited in a cage in the zoological gardens. In the monkey house.
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Ernestina : Where is Mr Charles?
Mary : Dunno, Miss. Didn't ask him.
Ernestina : Ask who?
Mary : His servin' man, Miss.
Ernestina : But I heard you speak with him.
Mary : Yes, Miss.
Ernestina : What about?
Mary : Oh, it was just the time of day, Miss.
Ernestina : You will kindly remember that he comes from *London*.
Mary : Yes, Miss.
Ernestina : If he makes advances, I wish to be told at once. Now bring me some barley water.
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Ernestina : I must say, Mrs Poulteney, you look exceedingly well.
Mrs. Poulteney : At my age, Miss Freeman, spiritual health is all that counts.
Ernestina : Then I have no fears for you.
Mrs. Poulteney : With gross disorders on the streets, it becomes ever more necessary to protect the sacredness of one's beliefs.
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Charles Henry Smithson : Ernestina, I know our private affections are the paramount consideration; but, there is also a - legal and contractual side to matrimony which is...
Ernestina : Fiddlesticks!
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Charles Henry Smithson : I shall be back in three days.
Ernestina : Kiss me, then - to seal your promise.
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Ernestina : I know I am spoilt. I know I am not unusual.
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Charles Henry Smithson : I've come to tell you the truth.
Ernestina : The truth? What truth?