![]() ![]() Hardcastle says Marlow has a reputation for being handsome, intelligent and very modest. Hardcastle reveals big news: his friend Sir Charles’s son, Marlow, is coming to visit, and Hardcastle hopes Kate and Marlow will marry. Kate reminds him of their deal: she wears what she likes in the morning and dresses in the old-fashioned style he prefers at night. He remarks on her fashionable clothing, which he dislikes. Tony enters on his way to a pub, and his mother follows him offstage, begging him to stay and spend time with them. Hardcastle complains about Tony’s immaturity and love of pranks. Hardcastle says she was a young woman when she had her first husband’s son, Tony, and he is not yet twenty-one. Hardcastle says he loves everything old, including his old wife. ![]() Hardcastle complains to her husband that they never leave their rural home to see the new things happening in the city. Act I begins at the Hardcastles’ home in the countryside. ![]()
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