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Peg Woffington (Masterplots: Revised Category Edition, British Fiction Series)

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Mr. Harry Vane had come from Shropshire to London on business affairs. After completing his business, he decided to remain in London for pleasure, for he had seen Mrs. Woffington on the stage and had fallen in love with her. From his box seat at the theater, where he sat night after night, he sent her anonymous notes and flowers and waited for some sign that his attentions had awakened her interest. One night, he sent a corsage with a note asking her to wear the flowers in her hair if the gentleman’s notes had interested her. In the final act of the evening’s...

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