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A note is sent to a young man by the parents of the girl with whom he is in love, making an appointment for the signing of the "marriage contract." The note throws the young gentleman, who is seated in his bedroom when he receives it, into an ecstasy of delight and he dances out of the room in highest spirits. His servant picks up and reads the note and is the reverse of delighted at the prospect of having a mistress introduced to the house and his misgivings are shared by a housemaid to whom he shows the note. On the return of his master he hypnotizes him, and, while he is in the trance, changes places with him, he giving his master the duster and making him do the work while he sits in the armchair. When the young man has cleaned everything thoroughly, he brings him round. Later, the young man is seated at dinner with the servant in attendance, when the latter again throws him into a trance and again changes places, eating the meal while the master waits. The climax comes when the marriage contract is to be signed, for under the command of the servant, who is hidden behind the piano, and is, of course, desirous of breaking off the match, the young man behaves like a maniac, jumping on the furniture and upsetting chairs and tables in such a way that he has to be carried home.
Written by Kinematograph and Lantern Weekly
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