Dickensian (TV Series)

Episode #1.4 (2015)

Alexandra Moen: Frances Barbary

Quotes 

• [while Frances is sat at the breakfast table, her father empties most of the coal scuttle on to the fire] 

  Frances Barbary : We shall be cold for the rest of the week, then.

  Edward Barbary : I will reverse our fortunes.

  Frances Barbary : And in the meantime, we shall all wrap ourselves in blankets and tell each other that there is nothing to worry about.

  [as Frances continues to scrape a minuscule amount of butter on to her toast, her father grabs the butter knife in anger] 

  Edward Barbary : Scraping like a miser!

  [He forcibly spreads a much larger amount] 

  Edward Barbary : Scraping, scraping, scraping! You could have been married, Frances, and far away from this. You chose to break your engagement and now you are here: a mouth to feed! So maybe it's you that's the problem?