Henry is gone, and a gloom falls over the house. Sir Thomas suspects that Maria doesn't want to marry Rushworth, but she marries him anyway. Fanny and Miss Crawford start hanging out, and Fanny secures a dinner invitation.

Topics discussed include Fanny's glow-up, how Fanny and the Bertrams feel about the slave trade, Maria's revenge plot, flirt-harping, the Brontës' use of the word "ejaculate," Fanny's love of nature, the Doge at the court of Louis XIV, and Edmund and Mary's fundamental incompatibility.

Patron Study Questions this week come from Avi and Linnea. Topics discussed include Fanny's question about the slave trade and our characters wanting to change each other.

Becca's Study Questions: Topics discussed include Fanny cozying up to Sir Thomas, the retiring of the WTF Maria Tracker, zeroing in on the love triangle, and Mary and Fanny's friendship.

Funniest Quote: "It was a very proper wedding. The bride was elegantly dressed; the two bridesmaids were duly inferior; her father gave her away; her mother stood with salts in her hand, expecting to be agitated; her aunt tried to cry; and the service was impressively read by Dr. Grant."

Questions moving forward: Is this the last we're seeing of the Bertram sisters? What will happen between Mary and Fanny?

Who wins the chapters? Maria!

Glossary of People, Places, and Things: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Heated Rivalry, Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, the Doge at the court of Louis XIV, Schitt's Creek

Next Episode: Mansfield Park Volume II Chapters 5-6

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HEATED RIVALRY SPOILERS 4:40-5:00!!!!!

Volume 2 starting off uncomfortably with Sir Thomas's return and the shutting down of Mansfield Theatre. Plus, Henry Crawford's farewell tour. Topics discussed include Sir Thomas's change of heart about Fanny, rowing across the Atlantic, how to pronounce Antigua, and partiality.

Patron Study Questions this week come from Marija, Avi, and Angelika. Topics discussed include whether Maria's hopes for a proposal from Henry are realistic, divorce in the 1800s, how Sir Thomas's time in Antigua influenced his behavior toward Fanny, and the departures of Henry Crawford and Mr. Yates.

Becca's Study Questions: Topics discussed include the children's reactions to Sir Thomas's return, why Lovers' Vows was a thing, and predictions for the rest of the book.

Funniest Quote: "And then he would have changed the subject, and sipped his coffee in peace over domestic matters of a calmer hue; but Mr. Yates, without discernment to catch Sir Thomas’s meaning, or diffidence, or delicacy, or discretion enough to allow him to lead the discourse while he mingled among the others with the least obtrusiveness himself, would keep him on the topic of the theatre, would torment him with questions and remarks relative to it, and finally would make him hear the whole history of his disappointment at Ecclesford."

Questions moving forward: What will the young people do to entertain themselves? Will Tom stick around? Will Maria and Rushworth get married? Will Yates come back for Julia?

Who wins the chapters? Yates!

Glossary of Terms and Phrases:

bespeak (v): order or reserve (something) in advance

eclairissement (n): a clarification, explanation, or the clearing up of something obscure or mysterious

ingenuousness (adj): showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness

partial (adj): favoring one side in a dispute above the other; biased

reproof (n): blame, disapproval

Glossary of People, Places, and Things: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Heated Rivalry, The World's Toughest Row, Taryn Smith, The Parent Trap, It's A Wonderful Life

Next Episode: Mansfield Park Volume II Chapters 1-2

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Rehearsals continue for Lovers' Vows! The cast starts in-fighting, but Fanny enjoys watching rehearsals...until she ends up in the middle of one.

Topics discussed include anonymous valentines, justice for Julia, Henry Crawford as Molly's type, morally grey characters, ASMs, lazy insults, and SIR THOMAS'S RETURN!

Patron Study Questions this week come from Flying Cupcake, Marija, Avi, Spring, and Angelika. Topics discussed include Fanny's fun side, why Mary is a better friend to Fanny than her cousins, Fanny's refusal to act, everyone's moral compromises, morality vs. indulgence, and why Mary actually sought Fanny out to rehearse.

Becca's Study Questions: Topics discussed include Henry as the best actor of the group, where we've been and what we've learned so far, and where we stand on the characters at the end of this volume.

Funniest Quote: "It is about Lovers' Vows!"

Questions moving forward: What is Sir Thomas going to do when he sees the house? Does Rushworth understand that Maria is into Henry?

Who wins the chapters? Fanny!

Glossary of Terms and Phrases:

behind hand (adj.): late or slow in doing something

cipher (n): a person or thing of no importance, especially a person who does the bidding of others and seems to have no will of their own.

festoon (n): a chain or garland of flowers, leaves, or ribbons, hung in a curve as a decoration

Glossary of People, Places, and Things: Gaia Music Collective, Kenter Davies, Sex and the City, Alanis Morissette, Much Ado About Nothing, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Waiting for Godot, Lizzie McGuire

Next Episode: Mansfield Park Volume II Chapters 1-2

Our show art was created by Torrence Browne, and our audio is produced by Graham Cook. For bios and transcripts, check out our website at podandprejudice.com. Pod and Prejudice is transcribed by speechdocs.com. To support the show, check out our Patreon! Check out our merch at https://podandprejudice.dashery.com.

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