Etude in Prose
{SCRIPT to prose}
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I am afraid you presume too much Mr Battersea. If I have lent you reason to believe this I assure you otherwise.
Accept my apologies please Miss Schofield, I did not mean to offend. News I have heard inclined me to give the event credence.
Mr Battersea, I advise you not to indulge yourself in the meanderings of gossip. I hope I shan\'t be hearing any more of this matter.
If I may, Miss Schofield, allow me to offer apology by means of, Miss Schofield, would you accompany me to dinner?
My Mr Battersea, you catch me unawares. Let me check my diary and I shall forward you my reply through Bertrand, my father\'s valet.
Shall we return to the party？
Yes yes we shall
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Excuse me Mr Battersea whatever are you saying?
If there was a notion to pursuade you to lend credence to this matter
let me tell you that the
case is otherwise
I do beg your pardon Miss
Schofield News that I had heard gave me cause to have concern and I wish I had not mentioned it
even though it seems absurd
This Garden\'s secludity
provides the perfect opportunity to approach you on this matter such is my concern
Please allow me to advise you Mr Battersea if I may That meanderings of gossip can lead one\'s mind astray For it is many I would rather that collect in idle chatter
And matters grow in great degrees as this case shall so indeed
As to this affair I hope not to speak about it anymore today
If I may Miss Schofield allow that I may offer by means of an apology Miss Schofield Will you please do me the Honour of accompanying me
For Dinner so that our company may not part in an unpleasant way?
My Mr Battersea you have caught me unawares Allow me to confer with my commitments I shall send word on the morrow with my father\'s Valet Bertrand
Shall we return to the Marquis?
Yes We may