Jane Austen’s First Love (2014)
“cried Fanny, very let down, upon hearing her mother’s pronouncement.
“Why not, Mamma?” said Elizabeth, equally distressed.
“You and your sisters are not children anymore!” cried Lady Bridges. “You are not living in the nursery. You are grown women now. I will not have you behaving like the members of some common travelling company. It would be ill-advised and imprudent to attempt anything of the kind, particularly now, with regard to your situation. We have just announced your betrothal...s! You both must conduct yourselves, going forward, with a certain caution and decorum.”
“I understand your concern, Lady Bridges,” said my brother Edward soothingly, “and indeed, I should never wish Elizabeth to be involved in anything indecorous.” He went on to make the same thoughtful arguments and rejoinders which he had made earlier, on behalf of the respectability of the production. Augmenting this were sensible observations by Edward Taylor, Fanny, Sophia, and Elizabeth; all of which sadly combined to produce a far less successful effect on our hostess, than they had had on Mr.MoreLess
“Why not, Mamma?” said Elizabeth, equally distressed.
“You and your sisters are not children anymore!” cried Lady Bridges. “You are not living in the nursery. You are grown women now. I will not have you behaving like the members of some common travelling company. It would be ill-advised and imprudent to attempt anything of the kind, particularly now, with regard to your situation. We have just announced your betrothal...s! You both must conduct yourselves, going forward, with a certain caution and decorum.”
“I understand your concern, Lady Bridges,” said my brother Edward soothingly, “and indeed, I should never wish Elizabeth to be involved in anything indecorous.” He went on to make the same thoughtful arguments and rejoinders which he had made earlier, on behalf of the respectability of the production. Augmenting this were sensible observations by Edward Taylor, Fanny, Sophia, and Elizabeth; all of which sadly combined to produce a far less successful effect on our hostess, than they had had on Mr.MoreLess
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