The Elevator: Farce Howells, William Dean Derived Text Format to access the structural information conversion Mathias Göbel TextGrid CC-BY-4.0 Lizenzvertrag William Dean Howells, 1837 – 1920 The Elevator: Farce: By W. D. Howells Boston James R. Osgood and Company 84 p. Miller Mr. Bemis Curwen Bemis Mr. Campbell Roberts, Lawton and Bemis Young Mr. Bemis The Elevator Boy Miss Curwen Miss Crashaw Mr. Roberts Mrs. Roberts and Mrs. Miller Mrs. Roberts Miss Lawton Mrs. Miller Mr. Curwen Mrs. Crashaw Campbell Roberts All Dr. Lawton Both ladies Mrs. Curwen Farce Prose data extraction from source 1885
I. T hrough the curtained doorway of Mrs. Edward Roberts's pretty drawing-room, in Hotel Bellingham, shows the snowy and gleaming array of a table set for dinner, under the dim light of gas-burners turned low. An air of expectancy pervades the place, and the uneasiness of Mr. Roberts, in evening dress, expresses something more as he turns from a glance into the dining-room, and still holding the portière with one hand, takes out his watch with the other. Mr. Roberts , to Mrs. Roberts entering the drawing-room from regions beyond:

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Mrs. Roberts , with a little anxiety:

Contains 37 words in 4 sentences using 193 chars .

Roberts:

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Mrs. Roberts:

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Roberts:

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 44 chars .

Mrs. Roberts , going about the room, and bestowing little touches here and there on its ornaments:

Contains 25 words in 2 sentences using 129 chars .

Roberts , dropping nervously into the nearest chair:

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Mrs. Roberts , drifting upon the sofa, and disposing her train effectively on the carpet around her:

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Roberts , joining in its perusal:

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Mrs. Roberts:

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Roberts:

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Mrs. Roberts:

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Roberts:

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Mrs. Roberts:

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Roberts:

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Mrs. Roberts:

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Dr. Lawton , putting aside the vestibule portière , with affected timidity:

Contains 5 words in 3 sentences using 30 chars .

Mrs. Roberts:

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Lawton:

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Mrs. Roberts:

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Lawton:

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Mrs. Roberts:

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Roberts , coming forward:

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Lawton , shaking hands with him:

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Roberts:

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Lawton:

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Mrs. Roberts , laughing:

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Lawton:

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Mrs. Roberts:

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Lawton:

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Mrs. Roberts:

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Roberts , standing on the hearth-rug, with his thumbs in his waistcoat pockets:

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Lawton:

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Roberts:

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Mrs. Roberts:

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Lawton:

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Mrs. Roberts:

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Lawton:

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Roberts:

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Mrs. Roberts:

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Mrs. Miller , entering the drawing-room arm-in-arm with her hostess:

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Mrs. Roberts:

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Mrs. Miller , in a polite murmur:

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Lawton:

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Mrs. Miller:

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Lawton:

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Mrs. Miller:

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Lawton:

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Mrs. Miller:

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Mrs. Roberts:

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Roberts:

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Lawton:

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Roberts:

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Dr. Lawton:

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Mrs. Roberts , without:

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Mr. Bemis , without:

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Mrs. Roberts , without:

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Bemis , entering the drawing-room with Mrs. Roberts:

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Lawton:

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Bemis , reaching his left hand to Mr. Roberts, while Mr. Lawton keeps his right:

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Lawton:

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Mrs. Miller , to Roberts:

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Roberts:

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Lawton , to Bemis:

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Bemis:

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Lawton:

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Mrs. Roberts , introducing them:

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Bemis:

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Mrs. Miller:

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Bemis , to Mrs. Roberts, who drifts near them:

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Mrs. Roberts:

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Bemis:

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Mrs. Roberts:

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Bemis:

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Mrs. Roberts:

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Bemis:

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Lawton:

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Mrs. Roberts:

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Lawton:

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Both ladies:

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Lawton:

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Mrs. Roberts:

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Lawton:

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Mrs. Roberts:

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Lawton:

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Mrs. Roberts:

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Lawton:

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Mrs. Miller:

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Mrs. Roberts:

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Mrs. Miller:

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Bemis:

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Lawton:

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Roberts , without:

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Lawton , at a suppressed sigh from Mrs. Roberts:

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Mrs. Roberts , through her set teeth, smilingly:

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Mrs. Curwen , without:

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Lawton:

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Mrs. Roberts:

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Curwen , smiling and bowing and shaking hands right and left:

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Mrs. Roberts , behind her fan to Dr. Lawton:

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Lawton , behind his hand:

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Mrs. Roberts , in great astonishment, to Mr. Curwen:

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Curwen:

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Lawton:

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Roberts:

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Mrs. Roberts:

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Mrs. Miller:

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Curwen:

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Lawton:

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Bemis:

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Mr. Campbell , looking tranquilly round on the faces of his interrogators:

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Mrs. Roberts , mingling a real distress with an effort of mock heroic solemnity:

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Roberts:

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Lawton:

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Campbell:

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Mrs. Roberts:

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Campbell:

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Mrs. Roberts:

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Campbell:

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All:

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Campbell:

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Mrs. Roberts , in open distress:

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Mrs. Miller:

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Lawton , with a simulated sternness:

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Bemis:

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Curwen , re-assuring himself:

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Bemis:

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Curwen:

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Campbell:

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Mrs. Roberts:

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Roberts:

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Mrs. Roberts:

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Campbell:

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Mrs. Roberts:

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Campbell:

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Lawton:

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Mrs. Roberts , partially abandoning and then recovering herself:

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Lawton:

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Campbell:

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Mrs. Roberts , with perfervid gratitude:

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Roberts:

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Lawton:

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Mrs. Miller , to Mr. Campbell:

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Curwen:

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Bemis:

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Lawton:

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Campbell:

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Lawton:

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Bemis:

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Mrs. Miller:

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Curwen:

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Mrs. Roberts , at a look of mystification and demand from her brother:

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Lawton , examining the glove which Curwen holds up:

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Curwen:

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Lawton:

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Curwen:

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Lawton:

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Curwen , staring helplessly at it:

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Lawton:

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Mr. Curwen , dashing through the door:

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Mrs. Miller , with tokens of breaking down visible to Mrs. Roberts:

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Mrs. Roberts , suddenly seizing her by the arm, and hurrying her from the room:

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Mr. Roberts , winking at his remaining guests:

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Lawton:

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Bemis:

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Lawton:

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Roberts:

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Lawton:

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Roberts:

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Bemis:

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Lawton:

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Roberts:

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II. In the interior of the elevator are seated Mrs. Roberts's Aunt Mary (Mrs. Crashaw), Mr. Curwen, and Miss Lawton; Mr. Miller and Mr. Alfred Bemis are standing with their hats in their hands. They are in dinner costume, with their overcoats on their arms, and the ladies' draperies and ribbons show from under their outer wraps, where they are caught up and held with that caution which characterizes ladies in sitting attitudes which they have not been able to choose deliberately. As they talk together, the elevator rises very slowly, and they continue talking for some time before they observe that it has stopped. Mrs. Crashaw:

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Miller:

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Mrs. Crashaw:

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Miller:

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Mrs. Crashaw , laughing, to Mrs. Curwen:

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Mrs. Curwen , thrusting out one hand gloved, and the other ungloved:

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Young Mr. Bemis :

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Mrs. Curwen:

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Miller , looking down at the pretty arms:

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Mrs. Curwen:

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Miller:

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Mrs. Curwen:

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Miller:

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Mrs. Curwen:

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Mrs. Crashaw:

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Mrs. Curwen:

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Miss Lawton:

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Miss. Curwen:

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Young Mr. Bemis:

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Mrs. Curwen:

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Mrs. Crashaw , interposing to spare the young people:

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Miller:

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Young Mr. Bemis:

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Miss Lawton:

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Miller , looking about:

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Mrs. Crashaw:

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Miller:

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Young Mr. Bemis:

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Mrs. Curwen , drawing her shawl about her shoulders, as if to be ready to step out:

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Mrs. Crashaw:

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Mrs. Curwen:

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Miller , guarding himself with the fan:

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Miss Lawton , to young Mr. Bemis:

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Young Mr. Bemis , looking down fondly at her:

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Mrs. Crashaw:

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The Elevator Boy , pulling at the rope:

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Mrs. Crashaw , with mingled trepidation and severity:

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The Elevator Boy:

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Mrs. Crashaw:

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Miss Lawton:

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Young Mr. Bemis:

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Miller:

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Mrs. Curwen:

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The Elevator Boy:

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Miller , arresting the boy's efforts:

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The Elevator Boy:

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Miller:

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The Elevator Boy:

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Miller:

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Mrs. Curwen:

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Miller , to the boy:

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The Elevator Boy:

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Miller:

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Mrs. Crashaw , as if the boy had to be communicated with through an interpreter:

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Miller:

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The Elevator Boy:

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Miller:

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Mrs. Crashaw:

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Miller:

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The Elevator Boy:

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Miller:

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Mrs. Curwen , in a shriek of hysterical laughter:

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Miss. Crashaw , sternly ignoring the insinuation:

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Miller:

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The Elevator Boy , ironically:

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Miller , solemnly:

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Mrs. Crashaw , sinking back on the seat with resignation:

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Miss Lawton:

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Young Mr. Bemis , gathering one of her wandering hands into his:

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The Elevator Boy , indignantly:

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All:

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Miller , with a sigh of relief:

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Mrs. Curwen:

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Mrs. Crashaw:

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Miller:

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Miss. Curwen:

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Miss Lawton , putting her handkerchief to her eyes:

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Mrs. Crashaw , putting her arm around her:

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Young Mr. Bemis , caressing the hand which he holds:

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Miss Lawton:

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Young Mr. Bemis:

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Miss Lawton:

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Young Mr. Bemis , fervently:

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Mrs. Curwen:

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Miller:

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Mrs. Curwen:

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Miller:

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Mrs. Curwen:

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Miss Lawton , breaking down:

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Young Mr. Bemis , indignantly comforting her:

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Miller , to the Elevator Boy:

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The Elevator Boy:

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Miller , glancing up:

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Mrs. Crashaw , with an old lady's serious kindness:

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The Elevator Boy , yielding to the touch of humanity, and bursting into tears:

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Mrs. Crashaw , soothingly:

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The Elevator Boy:

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Mrs. Curwen , springing to her feet:

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Mrs. Crashaw , abandoning Miss Lawton to the ministrations of young Mr. Bemis, while she kneels beside Mrs. Curwen and chafes her hand:

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Miller , dropping on his knees and fanning Mrs. Curwen:

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Mrs. Crashaw:

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Miller , a little consoled:

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Young Mr. Bemis:

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Miss Lawton:

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Young Mr. Bemis:

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Miss Lawton , renewing her hold upon his hand:

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Young Mr. Bemis:

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Miss Lawton:

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Mrs. Curwen , opening her eyes:

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Miller , rapidly transferring her to Mrs. Crashaw:

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Miss Lawton:

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Mrs. Crashaw:

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Mrs. Curwen , faintly:

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Miller:

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All:

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Miller:

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All:

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Miller:

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All:

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Miller:

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Miss Lawton:

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Mrs. Crashaw:

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Mrs. Curwen:

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Miller:

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All:

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III. Roberts appears at the outer door of his apartment on the fifth floor. It opens upon a spacious landing, to which a wide staircase ascends at one side. At the other is seen the grated door to the shaft of the elevator. He peers about on all sides, and listens for a moment before he speaks. Roberts:

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Miller , invisibly from the shaft:

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Roberts:

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Miller:

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Mrs. Crashaw:

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Roberts:

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Mrs. Crashaw:

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Roberts:

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Miller:

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Roberts:

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Mrs. Curwen:

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Miller:

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Roberts:

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Miller:

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Roberts:

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Miller:

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Roberts:

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Mrs. Curwen:

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Roberts:

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Mrs. Curwen:

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Roberts:

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Mrs. Curwen:

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Miss Lawton:

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Roberts:

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Mrs. Crashaw:

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Roberts:

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Mrs. Curwen:

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Roberts , returning with Dr. Lawton and Mr. Bemis, who join him in stooping around the grated door of the shaft:

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Lawton:

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Bemis:

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Miller:

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Mrs. Curwen:

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Miss Lawton:

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Lawton:

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Young Mr. Bemis:

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Miss Lawton:

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Lawton:

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Miller , indignantly:

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Lawton:

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Miller:

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Lawton:

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Miller:

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Lawton:

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Miller:

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Lawton:

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Miller , interrupting:

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Roberts , coming forward politely:

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Lawton:

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Miller:

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Mrs. Curwen:

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Lawton:

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Bemis:

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Roberts:

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Miller:

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Mrs. Curwen:

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Mrs. Crashaw:

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Roberts:

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Miller:

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Lawton:

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Roberts , rising and scratching his head:

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Lawton:

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Roberts:

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Bemis:

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Lawton:

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Roberts:

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Lawton:

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Roberts:

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Mrs. Roberts and Mrs. Miller , bursting upon the scene:

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Lawton:

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Mrs. Roberts:

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Mrs. Miller:

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Mrs. Roberts:

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Miller , calling up:

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Mrs. Miller:

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Miller:

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Mrs. Miller:

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Miller:

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Mrs. Miller:

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Miller:

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Mrs. Roberts , wildly:

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Lawton:

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Mrs. Roberts:

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Mrs. Crashaw:

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Mrs. Roberts , calling down the grating:

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Mrs. Crashaw:

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Mrs. Roberts:

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Mrs. Crashaw:

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Mrs. Roberts:

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Mrs. Crashaw:

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Mrs. Roberts:

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Mrs. Crashaw:

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Mrs. Roberts:

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Mrs. Crashaw:

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Mrs. Roberts:

Contains 78 words in 14 sentences using 397 chars .

Lawton:

Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 14 chars .

Bemis:

Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 13 chars .

Mrs. Curwen , calling up:

Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 16 chars .

Curwen , horror-struck:

Contains 24 words in 6 sentences using 111 chars .

All:

Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 13 chars .

Curwen:

Contains 5 words in 3 sentences using 26 chars .

Roberts:

Contains 8 words in 3 sentences using 34 chars .

Lawton:

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 53 chars .

Bemis:

Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 17 chars .

Curwen , struggling:

Contains 17 words in 3 sentences using 84 chars .

Mrs. Miller , in blind admiration of his frenzy:

Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 77 chars .

Mrs. Roberts:

Contains 14 words in 3 sentences using 71 chars .

Roberts , releasing him:

Contains 16 words in 3 sentences using 74 chars .

Curwen , rushing at the grating:

Contains 8 words in 4 sentences using 42 chars .

Mrs. Curwen:

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 56 chars .

Curwen:

Contains 2 words in 3 sentences using 12 chars .

Mrs. Curwen:

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 25 chars .

Curwen:

Contains 28 words in 5 sentences using 154 chars .

Mrs. Roberts and Mrs. Miller:

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 25 chars .

The Elevator Boy:

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 57 chars .

Curwen:

Contains 20 words in 5 sentences using 105 chars .

Mrs. Curwen:

Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 6 chars .

Curwen:

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 40 chars .

Mrs. Curwen:

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 25 chars .

Curwen:

Contains 6 words in 3 sentences using 34 chars .

Mrs. Curwen:

Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 15 chars .

Curwen:

Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 6 chars .

Mrs. Curwen:

Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 13 chars .

Curwen , pulling a light yellow glove from his pocket:

Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 6 chars .

Roberts, Lawton, and Bemis:

Contains 4 words in 5 sentences using 17 chars .

Mrs. Roberts:

Contains 9 words in 3 sentences using 41 chars .

Mrs. Miller:

Contains 18 words in 6 sentences using 90 chars .

Campbell:

Contains 33 words in 5 sentences using 156 chars .

Mrs. Roberts:

Contains 5 words in 3 sentences using 23 chars .

Mrs. Miller:

Contains 12 words in 3 sentences using 64 chars .

Curwen:

Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 14 chars .

Lawton:

Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 18 chars .

Bemis:

Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 13 chars .

Mrs. Roberts:

Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 12 chars .

All:

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 22 chars .

Roberts:

Contains 27 words in 2 sentences using 122 chars .

Lawton:

Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 101 chars .

Mrs. Roberts:

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 33 chars .

Mrs. Miller:

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 38 chars .

Campbell , going to the grating:

Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 9 chars .

Miller:

Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 7 chars .

Campbell:

Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 15 chars .

Miller:

Contains 38 words in 3 sentences using 184 chars .

Mrs. Curwen:

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 50 chars .

Campbell:

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 29 chars .

Miller:

Contains 12 words in 5 sentences using 65 chars .

Campbell:

Contains 13 words in 4 sentences using 63 chars .

Miller:

Contains 7 words in 3 sentences using 36 chars .

Mrs. Roberts , devoutly:

Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 90 chars .

Campbell:

Contains 15 words in 3 sentences using 102 chars .

Roberts , to the shipwrecked guests, who arrive at the top of the stairs, crestfallen, spent, and clinging to one another for support:

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 58 chars .

Mrs. Roberts , welcoming them with kisses and hand-shakes:

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 54 chars .

Miller , goaded to exasperation:

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 30 chars .

Lawton , with sublime impudence:

Contains 14 words in 3 sentences using 71 chars .

Mrs. Miller, taking possession of her husband:

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 38 chars .

Miller:

Contains 15 words in 3 sentences using 70 chars .

Mrs. Roberts:

Contains 21 words in 3 sentences using 105 chars .

Mrs. Crashaw:

Contains 55 words in 5 sentences using 249 chars .

Mrs. Curwen , giving him her hand:

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 42 chars .

Campbell:

Contains 13 words in 3 sentences using 52 chars .

Mrs. Curwen:

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 54 chars .

Mrs. Roberts:

Contains 37 words in 4 sentences using 176 chars .

Mrs. Miller, getting her husband to one side:

Contains 13 words in 3 sentences using 67 chars .

Miller:

Contains 6 words in 5 sentences using 28 chars .

Curwen , getting his wife aside:

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 46 chars .

Mrs. Curwen:

Contains 14 words in 8 sentences using 77 chars .

Mrs. Miller, in a nervous, inimical twitter:

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 46 chars .

Mrs. Curwen , dropping her husband's arm, and taking Mrs. Miller's:

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 30 chars .

Mrs. Miller:

Contains 7 words in 3 sentences using 45 chars .

Mrs. Curwen:

Contains 19 words in 3 sentences using 101 chars .

Mrs. Miller:

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 51 chars .

Young Mr. Bemis , timidly:

Contains 30 words in 3 sentences using 147 chars .

Miss Lawton , dropping her head:

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 23 chars .

Young Mr. Bemis:

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 62 chars .

Miss Lawton , with a shy, sly upward glance at him,

Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 22 chars .

Young Mr. Bemis:

Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 5 chars .

Mrs. Roberts , re-appearing at the door:

Contains 21 words in 4 sentences using 105 chars .