The Way We Live Now
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You play Hetta Carbury, watching your mother Lady Carbury write flattering letters to rival editors to save both her new book and the family's finances. Your brother Felix arrives late from the gaming tables, evasive about debts and about courting Marie Melmotte, the financier's daughter, for money more than affection. Roger Carbury's honest, unwelcome proposal waits unanswered in your pocket. By evening Felix leaves for the Melmottes', and a messenger arrives bearing an envelope sealed in Melmotte's enormous red wax.
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- Letters for the Morning PostLady Carbury's Drawing Room