"You are very good with her."
"Thank you, darling."
"Are you truly not disappointed, Robert?"
"How could I be disappointed by such a lovely daughter?"
"I don't know Robert, you need an heir."
"It would be nice if I had one, but it is not what is most important. It is far more important to me that the child is healthy. And just look at her. How could she not capture my heart?"
"I love you."
"I love you too."
"What will your parents say?"
"That Mary is the sweetest girl they have ever seen, except for maybe Rosamund."
"Rosamund isn't sweet. She is, I don't know what she is. A hurricane maybe?"
"Careful, darling, she is my sister. I can insult her all I like, you are not allowed to do that."
"I know. I have a brother, you know, although you may insult him."
"Thank you for that."
"Did your parents really think that Rosamund was sweet?"
"Yes. Cora, I think you still don't really know my parents. They love us very much. And my mother may claim that she only ever saw us for an hour after tea, but that is not true. She woke us every day until I was ten and we were brought to bed by both our parents until then as well. We spent almost as much time with them as we spent with the nannies and governesses we had. They started to let us have dinner with them when there weren't any guests so early that I don't even remember when, we almost always had lunch with them as well and they really cared about us, even when we were small. Rosamund and I grew up with loving parents, even if it may not seem like it to you."
"Well, you both are lovely people, you more so than Rosamund, that must come from somewhere."
"Yes."
"I'll be nicer to your mother, I promise."
"Thank you darling."
"Robert, let's make sure that our children will grow up with loving parents as well."
"Do you doubt that they will?"
"No, not really. But we mustn't get too comfortable with what we have."
"I promise that I will always fight for your love."
"Thank you. I think I have to feed Mary now."
"Would you mind if I stayed?"
"No, I would love it if you did."