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A DREAMY Bedtime Story_ A Dreamy Victorian Dinner Party _ Relaxing Story for Sleep 💤 · Abide Meditation App

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Get Sleepy, where we listen, we relax, and
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  Speaker 1: we get sleepy. I'm your host, Thomas. Thanks so much
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  Speaker 1: for joining us. Just to let you know, we'll have
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  Speaker 1: a special bonus meditation episode for you tomorrow night, one
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  Speaker 1: that is particularly poignant for the upcoming flip of the
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  Speaker 1: calendar into a new year. It's focused on transition and
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  Speaker 1: experiencing change, so be sure to join me for that
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  Speaker 1: tomorrow night. As for this evening story, we're heading to
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  Speaker 1: nineteenth century England to the country home of Elizabeth Phillips.
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  Speaker 1: We'll watch on as she hosts a marvelous dinner party
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  Speaker 1: with some of her closest friends to celebrate the golden
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  Speaker 1: Jubilee of Queen Victoria. It was written by Joe and
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  Speaker 1: will be read by Nadine.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks so much to both of you.
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  Speaker 1: Now, my friends, the day is done and it's time
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  Speaker 1: for a good night's rest, So let's make space for
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  Speaker 1: that in both body and mind. Begin by making yourself comfortable,
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  Speaker 1: adjusting anything you need to reach optimum comfort, and just
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  Speaker 1: spend a moment mentally scanning your body, checking in with
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  Speaker 1: each section as you go, and noticing any tension or
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  Speaker 1: any excess energy that may be present. If you do
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  Speaker 1: come across any areas of tension, just spend a moment
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  Speaker 1: reassuring yourself that you can now rest, that your body
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  Speaker 1: can release the energy that it's holding on too, and
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  Speaker 1: just breathe this sense of calming reassurance into each of
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  Speaker 1: those areas. As your mind focuses on scanning through the body,
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  Speaker 1: forming more inner awareness, it too should begin to slow
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  Speaker 1: down and align with the stillness of the night and
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  Speaker 1: the opportunity to rest. There is no more that needs
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  Speaker 1: to be done today, nothing left to solve, to complete,
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  Speaker 1: to even consider. You've done what you can today, and
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  Speaker 1: the best thing you can do now, for both yourself
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  Speaker 1: and anyone that relies on you during your day to
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  Speaker 1: day life, is to rest peacefully and deeply. So take
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  Speaker 1: one more deep, reassuring breath, absorbing calm and peace as
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  Speaker 1: you win hail, and then release it, letting go of
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  Speaker 1: any last bits of tension or excess energy.
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  Speaker 2: Now you can relax.
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  Speaker 1: Completely as you follow the sound of Nadine's voice.
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  Speaker 2: So let's begin our story.
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  Speaker 1: On a warm summer's evening in eighteen eighty seven.
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  Speaker 3: We're visiting the home of mister and Missus Phillips It's
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  Speaker 3: in the County of Hampshire, in the south of England.
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  Speaker 3: At around seven o'clock, the day is still light and
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  Speaker 3: the sweet scent of honeysuckle wafts in through the open windows.
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  Speaker 3: Elizabeth Phillips, a lady of the house, is seated upstairs
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  Speaker 3: at her elegant dressing table. She admires her reflection in
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  Speaker 3: the mirror while her servant Hattie, attends to a hair.
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  Speaker 3: Hattie has already helped her mistress to dress for the
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  Speaker 3: evening in the late nineteenth century. This is a complex process,
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  Speaker 3: including various layers of un garments and fittings. Elizabeth wears
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  Speaker 3: a cotton chemise and silk stockings pulled up above the knee.
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  Speaker 3: Her stockings are tied with frilly garter ribbons, and she
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  Speaker 3: wears loose cotton drawers pulled up to her waist. A
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  Speaker 3: corset is fastened around Elizabeth's midriff. Pink lace has been
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  Speaker 3: embroidered across the top and bottom between vertical strips of velvet.
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  Speaker 3: The corset's design has changed with the times. Not only
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  Speaker 3: is it more colorful than those of the past, but
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  Speaker 3: it's much less restrictive. Elizabeth's corset is lightweight, and flexible.
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  Speaker 3: She was able to fasten it herself thanks to the
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  Speaker 3: clips running down its front. She's masked of the skill
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  Speaker 3: of pulling the lace at the back and tying a bow.
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  Speaker 3: The next garment is a structured bustle fastened at the waist.
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  Speaker 3: It has a padded cushion that juts out at the back,
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  Speaker 3: creating a dramatic silhouette. Victorian ladies often wear large, bulky
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  Speaker 3: gowns that give them a striking figure. Elizabeth likes her
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  Speaker 3: padded bustle. It's cushioned at the back are made from
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  Speaker 3: a series of curved steel bands, so it keeps its
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  Speaker 3: elegant form even when she's sitting. She also wears an underskirt,
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  Speaker 3: including layers of frills and even more padding, while a
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  Speaker 3: cotton top covers the corset. Over all of these layers
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  Speaker 3: goes the dress itself. It has two parts, a skirt
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  Speaker 3: and a bodice. Tonight, Elizabeth wears a brand new dress
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  Speaker 3: made from the finest silk its ivory and color, with
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  Speaker 3: gold stripes and a frilled V shaped neckline. Each layer
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  Speaker 3: of fabric is hemmed with lace. A skirt is roofed
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  Speaker 3: and gathered in sections. It cascades to the ground like
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  Speaker 3: a flowing waterfall, and sways as she walks. At present,
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  Speaker 3: the train of the skirt rests neatly on the rug
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  Speaker 3: near the stool where Elizabeth sits. Hattie steps around it
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  Speaker 3: as she carefully inserts a final hairpin. Elizabeth's dark hair
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  Speaker 3: has been elegantly styled. It's partly pinned up in a
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  Speaker 3: voluminous bouffont, with the lower half loose in ringlet curls.
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  Speaker 3: The hairstyle is complimented by her jewelry pearl drop earrings
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  Speaker 3: and a matching necklace. Hattie helps her mistress into ivory
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  Speaker 3: colored heels embroidered with flowers across the front and sides.
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  Speaker 3: Next come the gloves of similarly colored silk, the finishing
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  Speaker 3: touch to complete the outfit. Dressing for dinner is a
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  Speaker 3: daily ritual, but today Elizabeth has made even more effort
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  Speaker 3: than usual.
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  Speaker 4: It is the twenty first.
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  Speaker 3: Of June eighteen eighty seven, the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria.
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  Speaker 3: Families across the United Kingdom will no doubt to be
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  Speaker 3: celebrating her fifty year reign, and many, like the Phillips,
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  Speaker 3: will host a dinner party to remember the Victorians love
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  Speaker 3: their e ticket and ceremony, and every evening meal has
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  Speaker 3: the feel of an event. Tonight's dinner promises to be
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  Speaker 3: something extra special. Elizabeth has been planning it for the
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  Speaker 3: best part of a month. It's the most exciting event
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  Speaker 3: that she's hosted so far since marrying her husband and
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  Speaker 3: moving out into the country. She's keen to show off
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  Speaker 3: her talents as a hostess. Two other couples have been
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  Speaker 3: invited to dinner, both recently married like Elizabeth and George.
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  Speaker 3: The ladies are Elizabeth's closest friends. They're people she can
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  Speaker 3: laugh with and be completely at ease. She knows that
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  Speaker 3: they'll tease her for going to so much trouble when
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  Speaker 3: they see the dishes brought out at dinner, but they'd
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  Speaker 3: make a similar effort if she were dining at their
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  Speaker 3: homes instead. All three friends are fans of missus Beeton
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  Speaker 3: and her book of Household Management. It often gets a
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  Speaker 3: mention in their letters, and certainly it's been useful in
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  Speaker 3: preparing for today. Elizabeth herself has been busy in the
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  Speaker 3: kitchen alongside the cook and the one kitchen servant. Between them,
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  Speaker 3: they've been testing different recipes, planning a menu that befits
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  Speaker 3: the occasion. Keen to check on the menu now, Elizabeth
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  Speaker 3: stands and thanks Hattie for her efforts. She squirts a
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  Speaker 3: little perfume on her wrists and neck, then leaves the room,
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  Speaker 3: dress trailing behind her. The Philip's home is not quite
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  Speaker 3: a mansion, but it's large and opulent. There are carpets
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  Speaker 3: in fashionable floral patterns, while the walls are part paneled
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  Speaker 3: in richest mahogany. Elizabeth carefully descends the central staircase across
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  Speaker 3: the wide floral carpet fitted down the middle. Her left
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  Speaker 3: hand rests gently on the walnut banister while her right
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  Speaker 3: lifts the fabric of her gown. The wall beside the
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  Speaker 3: staircase is beautifully decorated, The lower third paneled in wood
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  Speaker 3: with concentric rectangles.
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  Speaker 4: Above the wood.
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  Speaker 3: Is light red wallpaper with a print of ruby velvet
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  Speaker 3: in the foreground. Much of the wallpaper is hidden from
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  Speaker 3: sight behind the many paintings in all shapes and sizes.
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  Speaker 3: There are individual portraits of Elizabeth and George, and also
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  Speaker 3: a larger one which they posed for together. They'd only
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  Speaker 3: been married a month when it was painted, and you
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  Speaker 3: can see their contentment other paintings display scenes from nature,
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  Speaker 3: as a young couple enjoying a boat ride, and another
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  Speaker 3: of horses running wild.
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  Speaker 4: In one, a young woman.
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  Speaker 3: Sits reading beneath a parasol, surrounded by the colors of
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  Speaker 3: a summer garden. Among the larger paintings there are photographs
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  Speaker 3: of loved ones in small oval frames. Elizabeth smiles as
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  Speaker 3: she steps down the stairs and.
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  Speaker 4: Heads towards the kitchen.
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  Speaker 3: She follows the scent of meat roasting and more smells
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  Speaker 3: too that cause her mouth to water. They lead her
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  Speaker 3: to cook stare having soup on the hob. She hums
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  Speaker 3: a melody as she gazes into the pot. Soup will
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  Speaker 3: be the first course, followed by fish, battered and breadcrumbs.
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  Speaker 3: The main course is a dish of roast partridge accompanied
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  Speaker 3: with French beans and buttered cauliflower. Elizabeth as also planned
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  Speaker 3: for another man, this being such a special occasion, cook
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  Speaker 3: or serve curried lobster with carrots and spinach. The final course, dessert,
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  Speaker 3: has been left to the care of the young kitchen maid, Celia.
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  Speaker 3: Anne has spent the last few weeks making various recipes
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  Speaker 3: with the help of missus Beaton's book. She's made cakes,
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  Speaker 3: and custards and tarts and trifles, her skill growing over time.
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  Speaker 3: Elizabeth is impressed with sally Anne's efforts. So she's only young,
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  Speaker 3: she's proving to be quite the confectioner. Elizabeth had thought
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  Speaker 3: about buying dessert from one of the high end confectioners
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  Speaker 3: just a train ride away, but having seen sally Ann's
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  Speaker 3: gorgeous layered jellies, it seems far more sensible to leave
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  Speaker 3: it to her. Three such jellies are currently resting, the
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  Speaker 3: result of the maid's previous efforts. They've been left to
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  Speaker 3: set in their elaborate bronze molds placed in bowls of
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  Speaker 3: icy water. Now, sally Anne is busy with the pastry,
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  Speaker 3: which will form the base of a scrumptious treacle tart.
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  Speaker 3: Elizabeth chats to the ladies in the kitchen. Everything, of course,
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  Speaker 3: is going to plan. A range of fine wines have
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  Speaker 3: been brought from the cellar and will later be paired
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  Speaker 3: with the dishes. Happy with what she sees, Elizabeth leaves
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  Speaker 3: the kitchen and makes her way towards the dining room.
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  Speaker 3: This is one of her favorite rooms, with its bright
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  Speaker 3: floral wallpaper and thick yellow curds. The windows look out
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  Speaker 3: onto the back garden and flowers displaying every shade of
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  Speaker 3: the rainbow. The dining room almost feels like an extension
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  Speaker 3: of the garden with its warm colors and floral motifs.
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  Speaker 3: Yellow curtains glow like a honeyed sunshine, swaying gently in
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  Speaker 3: the breeze from the open window. More light falls from
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  Speaker 3: a gorgeous chandelier positioned above the table at the center
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  Speaker 3: of the room. It reveals a table that's been expertly
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  Speaker 3: dressed with the Philip's best cutlery laid out on a tablecloth.
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  Speaker 3: Each place setting has three knives, four forks.
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  Speaker 4: And a spoon for soup.
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  Speaker 3: To the left of the cuttlery, there's a small bread
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  Speaker 3: plate with a napkin folded on it. A goblet of
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  Speaker 3: water sits to the right, alongside glasses of finest crystal.
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  Speaker 3: Elizabeth lights the candles on the mantelpiece above it, which
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  Speaker 3: are held by bronze candlesticks. Between the candles is a
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  Speaker 3: decorative garland, one arranged by Elizabeth herself. It includes summer
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  Speaker 3: flowers picked from the garden, sunflowers, buttercups, and that sweet,
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  Speaker 3: fragrant honeysuckle. The blooms of these flowers match the decour
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  Speaker 3: of the room and bring the scents of the summer indoors.
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  Speaker 3: The green leaves and bright yellow petals stand out beautifully
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  Speaker 3: on the marble mantelpiece. From a cabinet, Elizabeth picks up
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  Speaker 3: two smaller arrangements of the same bright flowers and uses
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  Speaker 3: them to decorate the dining table. They're placed on either
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  Speaker 3: side of the golden candlarbra Then she opens a drawer
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  Speaker 3: in the cabinet and retrieves the name cards that she
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  Speaker 3: wrote out earlier. She moves around the table, setting down
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  Speaker 3: the cards and admiring the elegance of her own penstroke.
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  Speaker 3: It's customary for guests to have set place settings with
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  Speaker 3: the host and hostess at opposite ends. Couples are generally
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  Speaker 3: seated apart so as to encourage fresh conversation. As Elizabeth
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  Speaker 3: sets down the final name card, a noise from outside
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  Speaker 3: catches her attention. She recognizes the sound of horses hoofs
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  Speaker 3: and wheels on gravel slowing to a halt. Everything is
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  Speaker 3: ready and her guests are arriving. She remembers something from
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  Speaker 3: Missus Beaton's Book of Household Management about the half hour
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  Speaker 3: ordeal before a dinner party begins. The mistress so is
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  Speaker 3: Missus Beeton will either pass with flying colors or lose
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  Speaker 3: many of her laurels. Elizabeth smiles. Being calm and capable,
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  Speaker 3: she can only think that Missus Beeton would be impressed
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  Speaker 3: was she to see how everything had been handled so smoothly.
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  Speaker 3: With that thought, Elizabeth goes to the drawing room where
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  Speaker 3: her guests will be greeted. There she finds George in
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  Speaker 3: his finest black dinner suit. It includes a white shirt
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  Speaker 3: and waistcoat with a white silk bow tie. A couple
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  Speaker 3: exchange a warm embrace, and Elizabeth is complimented on her
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  Speaker 3: lovely new dress. George is cheerful, even more so than usual.
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  Speaker 3: He's excited at the prospect of an evening with friends.
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  Speaker 3: Two such friends are beckoned into the drawing room, followed
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  Speaker 3: by two more only minutes later. All receive the most
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  Speaker 3: informal of greetings, a clap on the shoulder between men
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  Speaker 3: and a kiss on the cheek between ladies. Six of
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  Speaker 3: them make a very merry bunch, handsome too in their
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  Speaker 3: best formal way. They're instantly relaxed in each other's presence
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  Speaker 3: and ready for an evening of good food and company.
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  Speaker 3: When it's time for dinner, then hold out their arms
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  Speaker 3: for their wives to take. George and Elizabeth lead the
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  Speaker 3: way to the dining room, where the ladies sit first,
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  Speaker 3: followed by the men. A servant appears to the tray
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  Speaker 3: in hand. He carries six crystal glasses filled with sherry.
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  Speaker 3: He works his way around the table, allowing guests to
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  Speaker 3: take their drink for the toast. Meanwhile, the maid brings
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  Speaker 3: in a large ceramic bowl. It's beautifully hand painted in
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  Speaker 3: a blue floral design. The maid serves the soup to
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  Speaker 3: each person in turn, before bringing out freshly baked bread.
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  Speaker 3: These little rolls are one of Cook's specialties and nearly
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  Speaker 3: always an accompaniment to dishes like soup.
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  Speaker 4: It's typical to begin.
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  Speaker 3: Dinner with a toast to the sovereign, and today the
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  Speaker 3: day of the Queen's Golden Jubilee, this toast is even
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  Speaker 3: more special to Queen and country, says George long maish Rain.
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  Speaker 3: The guests raise their glasses here, hear some say, before
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  Speaker 3: taking their first sip. Now the meal can officially begin
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  Speaker 3: with napkins unfolded and laid across laps. Once the hostess
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  Speaker 3: begins eating. The others follow. The rhubarb soup, served in
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  Speaker 3: a bowl of fine china, is thin and delicate. It's
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  Speaker 3: a soft shade of pink beneath a sprinkling of crotons.
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  Speaker 3: The guests eat slowly, savoring each mouthful. It's considered impolite
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  Speaker 3: to eat too much or too fast, and instead of
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  Speaker 3: dipping bread, one should break off small pieces and eat
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  Speaker 3: them with a spoon between mouthfuls of soup. It's also
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  Speaker 3: important to be restrained from complimenting the food. The conversation
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  Speaker 3: shouldn't be too focused on the meal. Elizabeth herself thinks
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  Speaker 3: the soup is delicious. It's sweet and tangy, the perfect
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  Speaker 3: first course. The conversation, too, is equally pleasing, as her
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  Speaker 3: friends regale her with stories from their lives. One couple
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  Speaker 3: lives in the center of London, not far from Elizabeth's
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  Speaker 3: childhood home. Their tales remind her of old memories and
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  Speaker 3: the excitement that comes from living in the capitol. Freddie
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  Speaker 3: describes a spectacle he saw recently, the human cannonball. Everyone
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  Speaker 3: is captivated by the description of a woman being shot
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  Speaker 3: high into the air, and the ladies are pularly relieved
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  Speaker 3: to hear that she landed safely on a large net.
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  Speaker 3: After soup comes the fish course. It's typically quite light
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  Speaker 3: as the meal builds up to the main The cord
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  Speaker 3: has been battered in egg and breadcrumbs and sits beside
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  Speaker 3: a dollar of bayinonnaise sauce. Everyone eats politely with their
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  Speaker 3: knives and fish forks, continuing the conversation is barely a pause.
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  Speaker 3: The men especially are keen to talk business sharing developments
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  Speaker 3: in their respective industries. As some talk of politics and
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  Speaker 3: the Conservative government the Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, said to
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  Speaker 3: be a favorite of the Queen. Talk has turned to
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  Speaker 3: the subject of sports by the time the guests are
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  Speaker 3: dining on the first main course. This is a plate
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  Speaker 3: of golden roast partridge with French beans, cauliflower and a
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  Speaker 3: rich claret wine. As talk of the boat race which
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  Speaker 3: took place on the Thames a few months ago between
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  Speaker 3: rival clubs from Cambridge and to Oxford University. This year
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  Speaker 3: Cambridge were the winners. Football also gets a mention. Recently
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  Speaker 3: Aston Villa won the FA Cup for the first time
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  Speaker 3: and with more and more clubs joining the company, who
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  Speaker 3: knows what will happen next year? The ladies are more
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  Speaker 3: excited about the Wimbledon tennis tournament due to take place
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  Speaker 3: next month. They decided they should meet and watch a
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  Speaker 3: game together. The second main is a course of curried lobster,
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  Speaker 3: an exotic dish in honor of the Queen. In addition
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  Speaker 3: to being Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, Victoria is
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  Speaker 3: known as the Empress of India. She's very fond of
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  Speaker 3: Indian culture, everything from artwork to clothing. She's even said
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  Speaker 3: to be learning Hindustani under the tutelage of her Indian servant.
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  Speaker 3: The room in the Queen's residence on the Isle of
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  Speaker 3: Wight has been beautifully designed in an Indian style, and
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  Speaker 3: it's said that the chefs at Buckingham Palace prepare curries
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  Speaker 3: every week. Naturally, as Monarch, Victoria is a trendsetter. Where
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  Speaker 3: she goes, the British public follows. Thanks in part to
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  Speaker 3: the Queen's influence, curried dishes are now popular, with Indian
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  Speaker 3: style recipes becoming commonplace in cookbooks. To the modern palette,
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  Speaker 3: curried lobster might seem a long way away from being
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  Speaker 3: authentically Indian, but to these people dining in England in
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  Speaker 3: the late nineteenth century. It's a taste of exotic, faraway lands.
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  Speaker 3: Perhaps it's for this reason. The talk turns to travel
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  Speaker 3: as Freddy's wife Emily describes a trip to the coast.
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  Speaker 3: The couple spent their honeymoon in Brighton, around fifty miles
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  Speaker 3: south of their townhouse in London. Emily's eyes light up
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  Speaker 3: as she talks of the aquarium with its cafe, conservatory,
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  Speaker 3: and rink for roller skating, though Elizabeth is more interested
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  Speaker 3: in the many tanks filled with all kinds of sea creatures.
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  Speaker 3: George too must like what he hears, because he's soon suggesting
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  Speaker 3: a fortnight in Brighton. There's nothing more soothing than the
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  Speaker 3: salty sea air or walking on the promenade, besides the
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  Speaker 3: ever rolling waves. The table is cleared before the final
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  Speaker 3: course and the dessert spoons and forks set out. Then
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  Speaker 3: the desserts are brought in, one tray at a time.
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  Speaker 3: They are as fine, if not finer, than anything from
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  Speaker 3: a shop. The jellies especially are quite a feat. They've
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  Speaker 3: been made using molds of castles and palaces. One is
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  Speaker 3: so impressive that Emily lets out a gasp. It looks
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  Speaker 3: just like the Brighton Aquarium with its stonework, arches and
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  Speaker 3: gothic detail. Her gasp is a break in etiquette, but
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  Speaker 3: easily forgiven. A lady shouldn't strive to be too perfect
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  Speaker 3: after all, George says that he hopes the real aquarium
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