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Page 57
DUCHESS.
[_Smiling sadly._] Becoming! as if that mattered, child!
SOPHY.
Which will your Grace--?
DUCHESS.
[_To herself, closing her eyes._] _Couleur de rose_--[_to_ SOPHY]
er--that pink rag. Take off my collarette.
[SOPHY _lays the tea-gown and the robe over the back of the settee and
proceeds to unfasten the_ DUCHESS'S _pearl collarette._
MRS. EDEN.
[_Startled, by some passage in the book she is reading._] Oh, I _say_!
DUCHESS.
What, dear Mrs. Eden?
MRS. EDEN.
[_Bethinking herself--soberly._] Ah, yes, the style is excellent, isn't
it?
DUCHESS.
[_To_ SOPHY, _while the collarette is in process of removal._] Have you
everything you require for the night, child?
SOPHY.
Yes, thank you, your Grace. Miss Gilchrist, Mrs. Eden's maid, has lent
me a night-gown and a pair of slippers.
DUCHESS.
[_Handing her bracelets to_ SOPHY.] Drop them into the case.
[SOPHY _puts the collarette and bracelets in the jewel-case. The_
DUCHESS, _rising, again looks at the clock and at_ MRS. EDEN. SOPHY
_returns to the_ DUCHESS, _who is now behind the settee._
DUCHESS.
[_To_ SOPHY.] It is very good of you, Sophy, to attend upon me.
SOPHY.
[_Averting her head._] Not at all, your Grace.
DUCHESS.
[_Taking up the Mandarin's robe._] Here is a pretty thing for you.
[_Giving the robe to_ SOPHY.] Wear it to dress your hair in, in the
morning.
SOPHY.
[_Breathing shortly._] Oh, no, your Grace--please--!
DUCHESS.
Nonsense, child; take it.
[SOPHY, _somewhat out of countenance, lays the robe over the back of the
chair._
MRS. EDEN.
[_Looking up_.] Well, you are a lucky girl, Sophy!
SOPHY.
Yes, I know it's very beautiful; [_returning to the_ DUCHESS] but I--I
think I'd rather not--
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