Desperate Remedies

William:
Anne Cooper must leave my house immediately! You are no longer free to act.

Dorothea:
You are wrong William. I am free now, from always having to act.

William:
You will have nothing! Be no one!

Dorothea:
But myself!

Dorothea:
I am nobody Mr. Hayes, but I do not intend to be nobody for long. It is too exhausting.

Lawrence:
With all due respect, you appear to be somebody to me.

Dorothea:
You're not a radical I hope Mr. Hayes?

Lawrence:
I take the liberty to follow my own thoughts.

Dorothea:
I'm a believer in independence myself.

William Poyser:
Your wit is uncommonly sharp, Miss Cooper.

Ann Cooper:
I have known what it is to want, Mr Poyser.

William Poyser:
You were a governess, I believe, before.

Ann Cooper:
Miss Brook freed me from that pinch and grind.

William Poyser:
Certainly we've all come here to better ourselves.

Ann Cooper:
If not to make ourselves better.