Etude in Prose

Etude in Prose

{SCRIPT to prose}

SCRIPT::

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