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Rh Sect'y Jeff'son and Sentah Monroe.

[Bowing to them.] Mr. Jefferson. Senator Monroe.

[ of .] Howdo, Hamilton.

[Advancing to ] Citizen Secretary, I trust we do not call at an inconvenient or unseasonable hour.

Your time, gentlemen, could not have been better chosen. Zekiel, a bottle of wine.

A bottle of wine and a sangwidge. Yes, sah.

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Mrs. Hamilton is not back yet?

[Getting behind chair r. of large table and indicating it to .] No, my wife will not return, I fear, for a month or more. Will you take this chair, Mr. Jefferson? [ sits  of table.] Will you take this one, Senator? [ crosses and sits in large armchair.] That is the chair General Washington always sits in when he is here. [ rises uncomfortably then sits again.] I'lll sit here at my desk, if you don't mind.

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