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Etude In Prose
Etude in Prose
{SCRIPT to prose}
SCRIPT::
I am afraid you presume too much
Mr Battersea If I have lent you
reason to believe this
I assure you otherwise
Accept my apologies please Miss Schofield
I did not mean to offend News I have heard
inclined me to give the event creedence
Mr Battersea I advise you not to indulge
yourself in the meanderings of gossip
I hope I shan't hear any more of this matter
If I may Miss Schofield allow me to offer
apology by means of Miss Schofield
would you accompany me to dinner?
My Mr Battersea you catch me unawares
Let me check my diary and I shall forward
you my reply through Bertrand, my father's valet
Shall we return to the party?
Yes yes we shall
prose
Excuse me Mr Battersea whatever
are you saying?
If there was a notion to pursuade
you to lend creedence to this matter
let me tell you that the
case is otherwise
I do beg your pardon
Miss Schofield News that I had
heard gave me cause to have concern
I wish I had not brought the matter up
even though it seems absurd
This Garden's secludity
provides the perfect opportunity
to approach you on this matter
as is my concern
Please allow me to advise you
Mr Battersea if I may That meanderings
of gossip can lead one's mind astray
For it is many I would rather that
collect in idle chatter And matters grow
in great degrees as this case shall be
On this matter I hope not to speak about it anymore today
If I may Miss Schofield allow that I
may offer by means of an apology
Miss Schofield Will you please
do me the Honour to accompany me
For Dinner so that our company is not
parted in an unpleasant way?
My Mr Battersea you have caught me
unawares Allow me to confer with
my commitments I shall send word
on the morrow with my father's Valet Bertrand
Shall we return to the Marquis?
Yes yes We may
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Darryl Pearce
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