"Yes, my youngest is not sixteen. Perhaps _she_ is full young to be much in company. But really, ma'am, I think it would be very hard upon younger sisters, that they should not have their share of society and amusement, because the elder may not have the means or inclination to marry early. The last-born has as good a right to the pleasures of youth at the first. And to be kept back on _such_ a motive! I think it would not be very likely to promote sisterly affection or delicacy of mind."
– La derniere n’a pas encore seize ans. C’est peut-etre un peu tôt pour aller dans le monde, mais, madame, ne serait-il pas un peu dur pour des jeunes filles d’etre privées de leur part légitime de plaisirs parce que les aînées n’ont pas l’occasion ou le désir de se marier de bonne heure ?