Your sister runs away with a man in a red coat.
Fanny would: Fret. Talk to Edmund. Cry.
Mary would: Immediately determine his annual income. Consolation: at least he isn't a clergyman.You are being courted by a man who wears flannel.
Fanny would: First inquire as to how closely related they are. If he is a first cousin, she'd think it very sensible.
Mary would: If he had enough money and a title, she would pursue him. If he were a second son but happened to have a sickly older brother, she would hang around to see what happens.An encroaching mushroom tells you she is engaged to the man you love.
Fanny would: Nod quietly. Then plan the bridal shower.
Mary would: Flirt. Drop a hint to the man's mother.The man you love runs off to London and marries Miss Grey and her £40,000.
Fanny would: Needlepoint a wedding sampler in her attic. But it would take two years.
Mary would: Spend the next season in London, spreading rumours about the source of Miss Grey's fortune and then relieve her of said fortune in a crooked game of whist.Your good friend, who is flirting with the man you love, falls and breaks her head.
Fanny would: Fret. Feel guilty about being happy. Go fetch the smelling salts for Aunt Bertram.
Mary would: Sigh with relief ("I didn't push her").Your father refuses to take you to Brighton.
Fanny would: Say, "I've had enough of the seaside at Portsmouth."
Mary would: Get Henry to take her because he knows how to have a good time.You are forced to make a prolonged visit at the home of the stupidest man in England.
Fanny would: Spend time in an animated conversation about Fordyce's sermons and begin each dinner with a comment about a matter of great doctrinal import.
Mary would: Flirt with all the good looking men in the neighbourhood. Curry favour with the patroness of the stupidest man in England.You overhear a a handsome man speak slightingly of you at a ball.
Fanny would: Believe "it must be true". Flee the ball and find solace with her pony after some quiet time in the attic.
Mary would: Seduce and abandon him.You find a mysterious laundry list in a locked chest.
Fanny would: Fret. Fanny would never try to open a locked chest.
Mary would: Check the list for kinky underpants.An odd young man offers to show you his equipage.
Fanny would: Decline the offer unless ordered to do so by her uncle.
Mary would: Agree only if he is as fast as his equipage.Your father refuses to retrench.
Fanny would: Set the economic example by eating only half of her portion, extinquishing the fire in the grate and giving up riding altogether.
Mary would: Flirt. Find a rich man to marry.Your child breaks his arm on the day of an important dinner engagement.
Fanny would: Stay home with her child after procuring medical supplies from the attic and send over a nice trifle.
Mary would: Wrap him in a sling, bring him to the party to serve as a conversation piece and then pass him off to Miss Price to take care of.You receive a piano as an anonymous gift.
Fanny would: Fret. Refuse it.
Mary would: Flirt. Accept it. Play it. Talk of it all over the neighbourhood.You are attacked by gipsies on the way to visit a friend.
Fanny would: Fanny is clearly delusional. She doesn't have any friends
Mary would: Turn on them, hit them over the head with her reticule and steal their gold earrings.The annoying Vicar's wife wishes to form a musical society with you.
Fanny would: Reply that she's so pleased to be asked and would happily do her part by serving as the audience.
Mary would: Oblige her by forming it but be conveniently absent when any event is planned.An odd young man insists upon talking to you about muslin.
Fanny would: Blush, shocked that a man would be talking of women's apparel. And flee to her attic.
Mary would: Solicit his advice during her next shopping trip and allow him to carry her parcels.
