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Hope Desmond Rejects Captain Lumley’s Marriage Proposal
In Paris Hope Desmond declines Captain Lumley’s plea to marry, choosing love instead with a poorer suitor known to her. Lumley confesses his deep, desperate love and warns of ruin if refused, while Mrs. Saville and Miss Dacre speculate on Lumley’s sudden withdrawal and Hope’s future arrangements.
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Miss Dacre
Lumley
Lord Everton
Tamley
Miss Desmond
Hope
Saville
Paris
Bertha
Taam
Lum Jey
Tady Delamere
Monsieur de la Taille
Miss da
Tie
Laney
T—Vn
Captain Lumley
Liarmay
Ike
Teun
Loney
Vouk
Lord Iverton
Mrs. Saville
Olivia Lumley
Lady Olivia
Mrs. Sayville
Contrexeville
Miss Paere
Hotel d'Alice
Sam
Ceamtesse de
Olivia
George
Mary Dacre
Hugh
Elizabeth
Philadelphia Press