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Mrs. Mooney: owner of the boarding house
Polly Mooney: her 19-year-old daughter
Bob Doran: boarder with whom Polly has become romantically involved
Summary
Polly Mooney, 19, lives in her mother’s boarding house with her brother and the young male boarders and tourists who make up its inhabitants. Polly is pretty, and she receives flirtatious advances from many of the boarders and reciprocates, but Mrs. Mooney is frustrated by her daughter’s lack of progress in finding a husband. When Polly begins to have a not-too-subtle...
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