Marie’s Morning Dream of a Duke and Domestic Turmoil
Marie, a young woman in a cramped home, idolizes a British duke named Horace Vernon Vivien Lorne Albert, Duke of Cushing. She imagines conversations with the One Man as her mother nags and a sewing machine hums, while food and fashion drive her fantasies.
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Clarice
Marie
Faughn
Clarion
Prince of Wales
Admiral Beatty
Alaska
John Barrymore
Conrad Nagel
Watty
Horace Vernon Vivien Lorne Albert
Duke of
Cushing
Duke of Cushing
Horace
Vernon
Vivien
Lot
The Duke of Cushing In Romance and Class
Marie meets the Duke of Cushing amid a small town romance and social divide. Her mother scolds her for romance while Marie clutches crumpled pay and a photo of the duke, then tears it. The scene shifts to domestic humor with Father Jackson and family banter over Sunday clothes and community duties.
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Job
Marie
Michael
Mary
Dan Powers
Edith
Mother
Jackson
Father
Parker
Higher Institution of Learning
Was It Father and His Clothes Mystery
A family humor piece centers on a father who hides a new suit and is teased by his son. Mother quietly enforces restraint as the missing coat and vest spark a gentle domestic chase, ending with the father searching through the house and a young grandson observing.
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Ither Jackson
Robert
Father
Mother
Claudia
Comte D’entremont
America
Grandpa's Vest Causes Morning Car Ride to Town Hall
Claire Wesson describes a domestic scene where a boy borrows his grandpa's vest, later wearing it in a social setting. The family discusses the look and the bulge, with Mother noting a lesson learned as they head to the Town Hall for morning festivities.
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Dan
Marie
Mary
Faughn
Bellows Street
Mother
Edith
Father
Verna Finds Historic Dress in Attic Tale of Claudia
Edith and Verna discover a rose gown once worn by Great-great-great Aunt Claudia. Mother recalls a tragic backstory of a betrothal to a French Lafayette era sailor and a wedding gown woven from rare materials.
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Verna
Coe
Warner
Claudia
Henri
The French Gentleman Time and a Deserted Bride
A vanished bridegroom leaves Claudia at the altar and a broken heart. Claudia Lakeman’s wedding gown hides a letter from a lover imprisoned in a brutal era, revealing a tale of betrayal, vengeance, and a hidden powder‑aided death.
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Claudia
Bellesly College Daisy Chain and New President
Betty hopes for advancement as the new Bellesly College president arrives, inviting her to join the daisies and register for the fall term. The scene shows social barriers and ambition in a mountain town, with the mountaintop institute promising opportunity for a Valley girl.
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Bellesly College
Bellesly
Sanfords
Sanford
Betty
Dobbs
Cently
Western College
Viever Cet
Late Hour Encounter in the Tea Room
A young woman in a dim tea room experiences fear as a menacing male intruder enters the closed hours scene. She remains outwardly composed, offering him coffee and biscuits while he demands a quick boil of an egg, hinting at danger and a possible threat.
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Hugh
Stella
Anne Linsey
Nocturnal Gambler and the Burdened Bride
Anne exploits a streetwise thief to fund her family as Hugh Sanborn returns unseen. The thief pressures her for cash, but she manipulates the scene to gain aid from Hugh. The夜 ends with a cautious marriage plan and a wary burglary warning.
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Watty, Duke of Cushing
Nrelic
Isso
Arie
Rickson's
Parke Whitney
Brother James
Mark
Plymouth
Father Jackson
Jack
Pziy
By Claire Wesson
Josh
Farmer Hayseed
Claudie
Lakeman
Lafayette
France
Trousseau
China
Brother
Mademoiselle
Claudia Lakeman
Monte Carrell
Soes
Guil
Cyrus Sanford
Anne
Goiley
Clyde Weldon
Hugh Sanborn
Two
Charity
Goose
William
By Claire Wessun
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