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GUIDE: |
Now
we are on the east side of the house. |
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FEMALE: |
The
rooms are much smaller upstairs. |
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GUIDE: |
Yes, the private rooms are all small. The public rooms for
entertaining are large. Watch you step. Watch your head, sir. This
doorway is very small. |
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MALE: |
Was
this room for children? |
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GUIDE: |
Yes, it was. Don't touch the windows, but look at the view. |
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MARTIN: |
May
we walk to the river? |
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GUIDE: |
Yes. You may walk to the river. Look at the gardens too. And you
must see where the Washington family is buried. |
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FEMALE: |
The
family dining room was downstairs. |
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GUIDE: |
That's right. Also the dining room for entertaining was downstairs.
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FEMALE: |
I
didn't see a kitchen. Where was the kitchen? |
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GUIDE: |
It
was in another building. All of the rooms for work were outside this
house. |
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MARTIN: |
What buildings were there? |
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GUIDE: |
The
kitchen of course. There was a wash house, a smokehouse for
preserving meat. There was an icehouse, a coach house, a spinning
house, and several storehouses. |
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MALE: |
May
we see those? |
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GUIDE: |
Yes, you may. Don't forget the stables. They are near the garden.
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MARTIN: |
Can
we eat lunch here? |
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GUIDE: |
Not
on the estate. There is a restaurant near the gate where you came
in. Come this way please. |
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FEMALE: |
Oh,
how beautiful. |
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GUIDE: |
This chair is original. |
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MALE: |
Did
George Washington have an office in the house? |
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GUIDE: |
Yes. His office or study is on the first floor. Some of his things
are still in it. |
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MARTIN: |
May
we see it? |
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GUIDE: |
Yes, of course. We'll go downstairs. Turn left and go downstairs.
Wait at the bottom of the stairs. |
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FEMALE: |
Martin, have you visited Mount Vernon before? |
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MARTIN: |
Yes, I have, several times. I often bring visitors here. |
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MALE: |
It's a beautiful place. How far is it from Washington, DC? |
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MARTIN: |
About 15 miles, I think. |
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GUIDE: |
All
right. Here we are. |
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MALE: |
May
we smoke? |
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GUIDE: |
No,
please don't smoke. It's dangerous. |
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FEMALE: |
There are a lot of books! |
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GUIDE: |
We
now have more than seventy of George Washington's own books. There
are about 800 books in the library. |
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MARTIN: |
Thank you very much for your time. |
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MALE: |
May
we go outside now? |
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GUIDE: |
Yes. You must see the veranda. It's on the east side facing the
Potomac River. Washington designed it. |
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FEMALE: |
Is
there a shop where we can buy books about Washington? |
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MARTIN: |
Yes, there's a gift shop. Do you want to see the garden? It has
plants that were grown in Washington's time. |
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MALE: |
Flowers or vegetables? |
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MARTIN: |
Both. It has vegetables that they ate then. And it has the common
flowers of the time. |
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FEMALE: |
Yes, I want to see the garden. |
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MALE: |
May
we see the stables too? |
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MARTIN: |
Sure. Come with me. |
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MALE: |
Martin, may we go to lunch? |
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FEMALE: |
Yes, that's a good idea. We'll buy your lunch. |
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MARTIN: |
You
may not buy my lunch. You're my guests. Come on. We'll eat here.
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