If I didn't love Cousin Fanny, John, I would be tempted to believe that she deliberately tries at times to annoy us.
John Speaker
Cousin Fanny is old, and we must remember that she is very fond of us. We will have to bear with her.
[
John Speaker takes his top coat and his wife's coat> and lays them on a chair, while
John Thinker, who has been frowning and brooding, flings himself into chair and says to
Mary Thinker:]
John Thinker
For cold-blooded, devilish nerve in a man's own house, Cousin Fanny certainly takes the cake, Mary!
Mary Thinker
She gets more spiteful every day. She knows her power, and the more childish she gets the more delight she takes in playing tyrant.
John Thinker
Cheer up, it isn't forever! If she doesn't change her will before she dies, it means fifteen thousand dollars a year. That's worth a little trouble!