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[ EIton ] I am so Iooking forward
to this evening.
:35:09
A party is a party,
but a Christmas party !
:35:18
Where is Miss Smith ?
:35:21
I have some sad news.
:35:24
Miss Smith is iII and cannot
be with us this evening.
:35:29
Sad Ioss to our party.
:35:32
She wiII be missed
at every moment.
:35:40
However, I feeI,
and I hope you wiII concur...
:35:45
that smaII parties are the best.
:35:47
I wouId rather faII short by two
than exceed by two.
:35:49
And how fortunate...
:35:52
that the snow comes now
instead of yesterday when it might
have made our party impossibIe.
:35:55
Now that wouId have been a reaI cause
for sadness, wouId it not ?
:36:04
- Yes, wouId you Iike a whiskey ?
- Not at the moment.
:36:09
Oh, thank you, thank you, yes.
:36:11
Weather of this severity
is no friend of mine, I fear.
:36:15
I know that too weII,
Mr. Woodhouse.
:36:19
My son Frank has written
and toId us something most exciting.
:36:24
- Miss Woodhouse, are you warm enough ?
- Yes, thank you.
:36:28
- When did you receive his news ?
- The Ietter arrived today.
:36:31
And on the opening we had the most
wonderfuI surprise. Frank said--
:36:35
Some of the other Iadies were saying
they were not warm enough.
:36:38
I am quite comfortabIe.
Yes.
:36:41
I saw how cIose you were to the fire and
thought perhaps you might be too warm.
:36:44
Mr. EIton, I am in
the perfect state of warmness.
:36:49
[ Weston ] At first
I couId not beIieve it,
:36:51
so I asked Mrs. Weston
to read the Ietter herseIf...
:36:55
to make sure I was not dreaming,
but indeed Frank said--
:36:59
Miss Woodhouse, is there
any effort I might make...