CECILY Dear Uncle Jack is so very serious! Sometimes he is so serious that I think he cannot be quite well. Indeed, he always lays stress on your German when he is leaving for town. He laid particular stress on your German, as he was leaving for town yesterday. MISS PRISM Child, you know how anxious your guardian is that you should improve yourself in every way. I know perfectly well that I look quite plain after my German lesson. MISS PRISM Cecily, Cecily! Surely such a utilitarian occupation as the watering of flowers is rather Moulton’s duty than yours? Especially at a moment when intellectual pleasures await you. Basket chairs, and a table covered with books, are set under a large yew-tree. The garden, an old-fashioned one, full of roses. A flight of grey stone steps leads up to the house. SECOND ACT SCENE Garden at the Manor House.
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