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[Joyce confronts Frances, brandishing a letter that she has received]

Joyce Cameron:
What is the meaning of this?

Frances Barden:
It's pretty straightforward, Mrs Cameron. All available non-essential land is to be utilised forthwith for food production.

Joyce Cameron:
I understand what it means.

Frances Barden:
Be that the vicarage rose-beds, the cricket pitch or your tennis courts. Of course it's not legally binding. I merely assumed you'd be happy to opt in, like everyone else.

Joyce Cameron:
I do not... opt in.

Frances Barden:
The problem with not opting *in* is that it rather looks like you're opting *out*. I wonder how well that would go down, when everyone else is pulling together so brilliantly.