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Glyde tries to shake Marian’s hand but she ignores him, but vowing revenge for her sister she heads to find Walter. In London, Walter has run out of money and gives his last coin to a beggar. Having heard the news through the grapevine of Laura’s death, Walter expresses his grief at losing the love of his life. Coincidentally, Glyde, who is frustrated with paperwork, also shares Walter’s feelings for Laura. Marian goes to London in search of Walter. When Marian finds Walter, he joins her in her quest to learn the secret of Anne Catherick and avenge Laura’s death. Marian believes that Anne’s location is in a document that she witnessed Count Fosco sign the night she eavesdropped. Meanwhile, Glyde is happily betting the money that he has not yet received, which infuriates Fosco and leads to a split in their friendship. Marian and Walter are ready to leave for their visit to Count Fosco’s. Marian is dressed specifically with the intent to use her feminine wiles against Fosco, which makes Walter suddenly realize his true feelings for her. Fosco, pleased with his part in the manipulation of everyone, gloats to himself and his pet mice. Marian and Walter go to Fosco’s home to retrieve the document, where he attempts to seduce Marian, not realizing that she is purposefully playing along. She sends him to the bathroom to shave as a diversion, whilst she searches for the document. She finds it and discovers the location of Anne’s asylum. When Fosco returns from the bathroom, he discovers that Marian is visiting for another purpose. A rejected Fosco admits if Marian were really interested in him, he would have proposed marriage. Marian and Walter go to the asylum to get the secret from Anne Catherick. However, when they arrive at Anne’s cell, they find not Anne but Laura. Laura explains that Glyde put Laura in Anne’s place at the asylum, killed Anne, then buried her in Laura’s grave. In desperation the threesome head to Limmeridge House to try to learn the secret from Mr. Fairlie, who knows more about Anne Catherick than he says he does. Meanwhile, Sir Percival Glyde has convinced Mr. Fairlie to give the Limmeridge Estate to him because he was married to Laura. Fairlie signs the document and Glyde goes off to catch a train. Marian, Laura and Walter arrive at Limmeridge House after Glyde has left for the train. Mr. Fairlie reveals that Anne Catherick is in fact Laura’s half-sister, and they look identical. Marian tells him of the conspiracy, but Fairlie sadly tells her that he already signed the document. The three run to the train to stop Glyde from getting away. While still in Anne’s white clothing, Laura pretends to be Anne and attempts to haunt Glyde if he does not tell the truth about the secret. “I had to drown your bastard child!” he exclaims. Laura reads between the lines and figures out the secret: Glyde had raped Anne and drowned their child at Blackwater Lake. He tries to kill Laura to silence her but is run over by a train. The signalman’s prediction comes true, but it is Glyde, not Walter, who lies dead on the tracks. Walter and Laura are happily married, Walter inherits Limmeridge House, and Marian is left heartbroken. CAST: • Walter Hartright • Anne Catherick • Marian Halcombe • Mr Fairlie • Laura Fairlie • Sir Percival Glyde • Count Fosco • Corn Dolly Girl MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT I — Limmeridge, Cumberland A railway cutting near Limmeridge, Cumberland, June 1870 • Prologue – Hartright, Signalman, Anne and Servant • I Hope You Like It Here – Marian, Mr. Fairlie, Hartright and Laura

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