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according to his plan. Virginia is at first amused by all this, but then becomes annoyed when she realizes he has actually gone through with it. When she tells Sir
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observed about the film: "Mr. MacDougall and his collaborators have devised civilized and, on occasion, mildly funny lines for their cast to speak. The cast, including Harry
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After eventually being rescued, Max is astonished to learn that he was rescued after a "message in a bottle" was found on a beach. Sir
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