I'm afraid I haven't the pleasure. LADY BRUTAN Bring your drink. (Dr. Bradshaw and Lady Brutan exit.) Act II. Scene 4. REZIA Let's bring in some light. (The curtained stage opens. Septimus and Rezia sit in chairs. Rezia weaves a hat: ribbons, artificial flowers, and tassels are strewn about. Septimus mumbles.) Septimus? (Pause.) Septimus? SEPTIMUS I'm here. REZIA Could you hand me the blue ribbon? SEPTIMUS Who is the hat for? REZIA Mrs. Filmer's daughter was married. SEPTIMUS What is the name of Mrs. Filmer's daughter? (Rezia holds up the hat.) REZIA Mrs. Peters. She's an awful woman with a spiteful tongue, but Mrs. Filmer gave us grapes morning, so I want to pay her back. (Beat.) I'm worried this may be too small. SEPTIMUS Is that true? REZIA Is what true? SEPTIMUS Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway by Daniel Roche
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