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Lotty Wilton, feeling the gloom of a London winter and the oppression of her marriage, and inspired by an advertisement of a castle to rent, is trying to persuade reluctant Rose Arnott, a fellow Hampstead housewife, to escape with her on a month鈥檚 vacation to Italy. In this scene, Lotty corners Rose in church after Sunday service. Rose exhibits practicality and self-denial as she tries to reject the planned vacation, but Lotty, who has already written to the castle鈥檚 landlord, counters with
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Start: Lotty: (Whispering loudly.) Mrs. Arnott! Rose!
Rose: (Aghast.) Mrs Wilton!
Lotty: I鈥檝e only a moment. I told Mellersh I left my gloves in our pew.
Rose: Lying to your husband, Mrs. Witon, in Our Father鈥檚 House?
End: Rose: Husbands, Lotty!
Lotty: What?
Rose: Husbands.
Lotty: Yes. Isn鈥檛 it terrible. But who could resist an invitation to heaven? (Imagining.) 鈥淭wo ladies seek other ladies who appreciate鈥︹€�
Barber, Matthew. Enchanted April, Dramatists Play Service, 2004, pp. 15 - 17.
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