Vivien Endicott-Douglas credited as playing...
Prudence
- Mathilda Bassett: What could be keeping mother?
- Prudence: She's delivering a baby.
- Mathilda Bassett: How much time could it take? She's been gone all night and half the day.
- Prudence: You know what they say? After a society lady wears a dress once, she throws it away.
- Mathilda Bassett: Don't be silly.
- Solomon Bassett: If she's so well off, why doesn't she get her own place to stay?
- Prudence: One moment and I'll have the tea.
- Mathilda Bassett: [watching Prudence suspiciously] You've done something.
- Solomon Bassett: [glancing from Prudence to Tilly] Absolutely.
- Solomon Bassett: [after peeking through the door to see Prudence helping Isabella with her corset] Why tie her up?
- Prudence: To keep her parts in. Old people have trouble otherwise.
- Prudence: [seeing Solomon bringing the turkey in] Put that back!
- Solomon Bassett: It's Thanksgiving tomorrow.
- Prudence: We can't make a turkey.
- Solomon Bassett: She won't get better if we don't.
- [cut to them cooking]
- Solomon Bassett: It smells burnt.
- Prudence: It's only been ten minutes.
- Solomon Bassett: We could check.
- Prudence: No, that dries it out.
- [off his look]
- Prudence: Who's lived longer, you or I?
- Prudence: Ever since I can remember I've to be sensible, reliable, organized. While you sleep late, forget your chores, write sonnets.
- Mathilda Bassett: I've never written a sonnet in my life.
- Prudence: It doesn't make a bit of difference, does it? You still end up with everything.
- Mathilda Bassett: That's not true.
- Prudence: Father took you to the woods. You and Gad. Where was I?
- Mathilda Bassett: You hate the woods.
- Prudence: How would I know? I never got to go.
- Mathilda Bassett: [hugs her] Pru...
- Prudence: [about their mother, sick with scarlet fever] What if she dies, too?
- Mary Bassett: And what else happened while I was occupied?
- Mathilda Bassett: Gad proposed. And I've accepted.
- Mary Bassett: Is that so?
- Prudence: But you wanted to be a writer.
- Mathilda Bassett: That was ages ago.
- Solomon Bassett: Let's eat!
- Prudence: [entering the Hopkins' house] Mother is well!
- Solomon Bassett: [runs to Gad who lifts him up in his arms] We cured her by fixing a turkey, which you are all invited to eat.
- Mathilda Bassett: [kissing Mary's head enthusiastically] You're an angel. You're a saint!
- Prudence: What about the letter?
- Mathilda Bassett: [happily tosses rag aside] Doesn't matter! Gad's back!
- Solomon Bassett: You hang the turkey over the fire.
- Prudence: You do not.
- Solomon Bassett: Do, too! In a hanging oven.
- Prudence: We already have an oven.
- Solomon Bassett: It's what you use if you do it the proper way.