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Chapter 70

           IcouldnotbelievethattheyhadbeenatOxfordsinceouryearsmusthaveoverlappedbutontheprinciplethatLilynevertoldmethetruthifshecouldpossiblymisleadme,Itrieditfirst.IconcoctedastoryaboutmybeingascoutforanAmericanfilmproducerwhoneededapairoffair-hairedEnglishtwinsand"hadheard"oftwoatOxford.Itwasn’taverygoodstoryanditinvolvedmeinsomeludicrousimprovisingwhichincidentallymademerealizeinretrospecthowgreathadbeenLily’sskillinthatart.Itriedthemagazines,ItriedtheOUDSandtheETC,Ievenbravedseveralofthewomen’scollegebursaries;andgotnowhere.IwenttoCambridgeanddidthesamething;andgotnowhere;leastofallatGirton.OfcourseIrealizethatbecausetheyweretwinsisterstherewasnoreasonwhytheyshouldhavegonetothesameuniversity.ButatbothCambridgeandOxfordIwasshownstillsfromallthemainundergraduateproductionsofthelastfewyearsandnoLily-Rosefaceinanyofthem.ArmedwithaslightlylessimplausiblestorymyrichAmericanproducerhadbecomeaneccentricrichAmericanproducerIwentroundafewLondontheatricalagencies.Severalofthemhadpairsoftwinsontheirbooks,evenblonde(orplatinumblonde)twins;butnotLilyorRose.TheTavistockRepertory:atotalblank.NoproductionsofLysistrata.Theagent’sname:unknown.ItriedRADA;withsimilarunsuccess.Onecunningdeviceinthe"JulieHolmes"invention:wetendtobelievepeoplewhohavehadthesameexperiencesasourselves;whomirrorus.

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