Prim in a huff)
Lucy:
This will be a fine marriage and when it is consummated you will be
honored to receive her and be her aunt. (shouting after Mrs. Prim) You
just wait and see! (Lucy is annoyed, stung by Mrs. Prim's remarks. She
would like to say more but cannot.)
Roger: (entering)
Good day, child. Who was that old lady you were talking with?
Lucy:
Who? That was Mrs. Prim, my mistress's aunt.
Roger:
I didn't recognize her. I wasn't paying much attention.
Lucy:
The old girl's very well off. She owns a lot of property in London.
Belinda is very well connected, at least.
Roger:
But she hasn't any money of her own.
Lucy:
There's no reason to give up. Money will come. If her three uncles,
two aunts, three cousins and two nephews die--she will have a very
large inheritance. Ha, ha! Do you know that if the Plague were to
strike again, Belinda would cut quite a figure.
Roger:
She has a nice figure already.
Lucy:
Her beauty carries all before it.
Roger:
My master is absolutely determined to marry her.
Lucy:
And she is absolutely determined to marry him.
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