The Sentimentalists

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George Meredith. The Sentimentalists

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

SCENE I

SCENE II. HOMEWARE, ARDEN

SCENE III. HOMEWARE, ARDEN, LYRA

SCENE IV. DAME DRESDEN, LADY OLDLACE, VIRGINIA, WINIFRED, ARDEN, SWITHIN, OSIER

SCENE V. ASTRAEA, LYRA

SCENE VI. ASTRAEA, ARDEN

SCENE VII. ASTRAEA, ARDEN, HOMEWARE

SCENE VIII. ARDEN, HOMEWARE

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(As they slowly promenade the garden, the professor is delivering one of his exquisite orations on Woman.)

ARDEN: I am happy in meeting you, Mr. Homeware.

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ARDEN: The third.

HOMEWARE: Yes, she is pursued. It could hardly be otherwise. Her attractions are acknowledged, and the house is not a convent. Yet, Mr. Arden, I must remind you that all of you are upon an enterprise held to be profane by the laws of this region. Can you again forget that Astraea is a widow?

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