- Henry Crawford: Any engaged lady is always more agreeable. Her cares are over, and she can exert all her powers of pleasing without suspicion.
- Mrs. Grant: [of turning Henry's thoughts toward marriage] Mary, how SHALL we manage him?
- Mary Crawford: We must leave him to himself. Talking does no good. He will be taken in at last.
- Mrs. Grant: Oh, I wouldn't have him taken in. I wouldn't have him duped.
- Mary Crawford: Oh, let him stand his chance and be taken in. It will do just as well. Everybody is.