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lady caroline:
...jane, i was just saying what a pleasant party you have asked us to meet. you have a wonderful power of selection. it is quite a gift.
lady hunstanton:
dear caroline, how kind of you! i think we all do fit in very nicely together. and i hope our charming american visitor will carry back pleasant recollections of our english country life. to footman the cushion, there, francis. and my shawl. the shetland. get the shetland. exit footman for shawl
enter gerald arbuthnot
gerald:
lady hunstanton, i have such good news to tell you. lord illingworth has just offered to make me his secretary.
lady hunstanton:
his secretary? that is good news indeed, gerald. it means a very brilliant future in store for you. your dear mother will be
listen to the audio from 00:09–01:09.
then review pages 4 and 5 of the passage.
click or tap the underlined part of the play on these pages in which the actor playing lady hunstanton varies the tone of her voice to indicate that she is speaking to someone of another social class.
To solve this, we look for the underlined part in Lady Hunstanton's dialogue where she addresses a different social class. The underlined text “[To Footman] The cushion, there, Francis. And my shawl. The Shetland. Get the Shetland. [Exit Footman for show]” is when she speaks to a footman (a servant, lower social class), so this is the part where tone varies for social class distinction.
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[To Footman] The cushion, there, Francis. And my shawl. The Shetland. Get the Shetland. [Exit Footman for show]