Our American Cousin: Difference between revisions

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Florence Trenchard wants to marry an Army lieutenant, who is beneath her station. Worse, her brother Ned returns from a visit to rural Vermont to reveal that their great-uncle Mark has disinherited them and left Trenchard Manor to their American cousin Asa Trenchard, who has arrived to take residence in the manor. Worse still, the agent of the estate claims that Mark Trenchard owes his a large sum of money. And their house guests, the Mountchessingtons, take an interest in the "savage" from Vermont - or, at least, an interest in his money - and young Augusta Mountchessington is encouraged to gain Asa's interest. Asa, however, is more interested in a dairy maid named Mary Meredith, who happens to be a poor cousin to the Trenchards. ThwereThere's also Lord Dundreary and Georgina Mountchessington to worry about. Who gets Mark Trenchard's inheritance?