No. You see, I was an only child. My father and mother both died before I was fourteen. (THE YOUNGER MISS WETHERELL: But your uncle?) Oh, him! It was to get away from him and all that crew that I went on the stage. (THE ELDER MISS WETHERELL: It is so sad when relations don’t get on together.) Sadder still when they think they’ve got a right to trample on you, just because you happen to be an orphan and—I don’t want to talk about my relations. I want to forget them. I stood them for nearly six months. I don’t want to be reminded of them. I want to forget that they ever existed. I want to forget— Bennet has come down very quietly. Fanny, from where he stands, is the only one who sees him. He stands looking at her, his features, as ever, immovable. At sight of him her eyes and mouth open wider and wider. The words die away from her tongue. Vernon has turned away to put a log on the fire, and so has not seen her expression—only hears her sudden silence. He looks up and sees Bennet.

Fanny Monologue from Fanny and the Servant Problem

Rehearse Fanny's monologue