A Blot in the 'Scutcheon
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The opening
SCENE I.
The Interior of a Lodge in Lord Tresham’s Park. Many Retainers crowded at the window, supposed to command a view of the entrance to his Mansion.
GERARD, the Warrener, his back to a table on which are flagons, etc.
FIRST RETAINER. Ay, do! push, friends, and then you’ll push down me! —What for? Does any hear a runner’s foot Or a steed’s trample or a coach-wheel’s cry? Is the Earl come or his least poursuivant? But there’s no breeding in a man of you Save Gerard yonder: here’s a half-place yet, Old Gerard!
GERARD. Save your courtesies, my friend. Here is my place.
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- The words
- The author's text, copied word for word.
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- The source library's header, footer and license, in 2 places
- The title page and opening pages before chapter 1, in 2 places
- The printed table of contents (the app makes its own)
- A preface, foreword or afterword
- The dash joining a scene's number to its setting (the setting follows as its own line)
- The closing line 'The End' (HOUSE-STYLE §2)