Ill at ease and embarrassed, he delivers a crokersack full of hickory nuts to the clapboard Finch residence as part of his entailment for legal work.Douglas described his "linguistic scheme" - he Roman characters would speak with English accents, while the slaves (in revolt against the existing world order) would use American accents.Burns"" as a prospective suitor - after all, he""s a successful lumber businessman:Mrs.Stevens: How come you haven""t made a pass at my daughter? (To Frances) And don""t say, ""Oh, Mother!"" to me.After the bitter rejection, Philip forgot all about Mildred when he fell in love with the attractive, gentle and considerate Norah Nesbit (Kay Johnson), an American romance-story tabloid writer (working under a masculine pseudonym Courtenay Paget) who was sympathetic oward him." With one look at his hypnotic stare, she is placed in a trance while he slowly bends down toward her neck.