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Nancy has been going to the Palace Theatre every night in the hope of catching the rose of the theatre鈥檚 hit act, Miss Kitty Butler. She adores Kitty鈥檚 cross-dressing act and is drawn to her. Finally, the two women meet when Kitty invites Nancy to her dressing room backstage. She is intrigued by Nancy as she has seen her in the audience every night and wants to know more about her. The spark of attraction between the two women is immediately obvious.
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START: KITTY: You鈥檙e here every night.
NANCY: Yes.
KITTY: I asked the boy on the door: 鈥榃ho鈥檚 that girl?鈥� I thought it must be the acrobats in the second half you came to see, the ones with the tight trousers 鈥� but I鈥檓 told you leave as soon as I鈥檝e finished.
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END: KITTY: What
NANCY: No I
KITTY: You smell like
NANCY: Like a herring.
KITTY: Not a herring. Perhaps, maybe, like a mermaid. Goodbye, Miss Mermaid. May we meet again.
Laura Wade, Tipping the Velvet, Oberon Books, Electronic Edition, pp.46-49.
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