FANNY: i dont approve of anything
HENRY CRAWFORD: my god thats hot
LADY BERTRAM: uuuugh
JULIA: what is it, Mama
LADY BERTRAM [slowly sliding off the couch to the floor]: uuuuuuuuuugggghhhhhhhhhh
MARY CRAWFORD: hello we’re here
HENRY CRAWFORD: yes we’re here
MARY CRAWFORD: and very sexy
HENRY CRAWFORD: yes we’re sexily here
MARY CRAWFORD: what a sexy library this is
HENRY CRAWFORD: very nearly as sexy as the last room i was in
MARY CRAWFORD: which room was that
HENRY CRAWFORD: the drawing room
MARY CRAWFORD: very sexy drawing room
HENRY CRAWFORD: drawing is the sexiest of pursuits
and drawing rooms the sexiest of chambers
MARY CRAWFORD: let’s have sex with everybody in this house
HENRY CRAWFORD: how very sexy
JAMES RUSHWORTH: hi every–
JULIA: shut up, James
MARIA: yes, shut up, James
HENRY CRAWFORD: yes, do shut up, James
MARY CRAWFORD: James, shut up
MARY: lets put on a play
FANNY: plays aren’t cool
you know what’s cool?
monogamy
EDMUND: you know who i hate
FANNY: who
EDMUND: the woman i’m going to propose to
i think she’s just terrible
FANNY: why don’t you just propose to someone else
EDMUND: don’t be ridiculous
i love her
FANNY: oh sorry
EDMUND: someone has to be around to disapprove of her character for the rest of her life
and i think it should be me
LADY BERTRAM [her bones melt and she turns into a puddle on the rug]: uuuuuugggghhhhh
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