Julie Walters credited as playing...
Mrs. Austen
- Mrs. Austen: JANE!
- Lady Gresham: What is she doing?
- Mr. Wisley: Writing.
- Lady Gresham: Can anything be done about it?
- Mrs. Austen: That girl needs a husband. But who's good enough? Nobody. Thanks to you.
- Rev Austen: Being so much the model of perfection.
- Mrs. Austen: I've shared your bed for 32 years and perfection I have not encountered.
- Rev Austen: Yet.
- Jane Austen: If I marry, I want it to be out of affection. Like my mother.
- Mrs. Austen: And I have to dig my own damn potatoes!
- Mrs. Austen: How many times did you stand up with that gentleman, Jane?
- Lucy Lefroy: Was it twice?
- Henry Austen: Twice would have been partial. Thrice would have been absolutely...
- Lucy Lefroy: Flagrant.
- Rev Austen: Her heart is stirred.
- Mrs. Austen: It's a summer squall. Mr. Lefroy will soon be gone. And Mr Wisley will still be waiting, I hope.
- Mrs. Austen: You could persuade her.
- Rev Austen: To sacrifice her happiness? Jane should have not the man who offers the best price, but the man she wants.