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RhACT II. LADY CAROLINE There are a great many things you haven't got in America, I am told, Miss Worsley. They say you have no ruins, and no curiosities.

MRS. ALLONBY [To LADY STUTFIELD.] What nonsense! They have their mothers and their manners.

HESTER The English aristocracy supply us with our curiosities, Lady Caroline. They are sent over to us every summer, regularly, in the steamers, and propose to us the day after they land. As for ruins, we are trying to build up something that will last longer than brick or stone. [Gets up to take her fan from table.]

LADY HUNSTANTON What is that, dear? Ah, yes, an iron Exhibition, is it not, at that place that has the curious name? 69