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Curing Sylvia Say Elizabeth Shields
A narrator, her sister Sylvia, and mother discuss suitors and social plans amid family tension. Robert Hewes calls, taking one of the younger girls for a ride, while Sylvia flirts and the narrator contemplates revolt and aging. The scene centers on social expectations and romantic entanglements within a household.
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Sylvia
Elizabeth Shields
Robert Hewes
Lucille
Mother
Robert
Betty