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The Mundy sisters briefly allow themselves to dream of attending the local harvest dance, momentarily breaking free from their repressive domestic lives. Agnes leads the charge for a night of joy, but Kate, the eldest and most traditional, eventually shuts the idea down out of fear of social judgment and their family responsibilities.
AGNES: Wouldn’t it be a good one if we all went?
CHRIS: Went where?
AGNES: To the harvest dance.
CHRIS: Aggie!
AGNES: Just like we used to. All dressed up. I think I’d go.
ROSE: I’d go, too, Aggie! I’d go with you!
KATE: For heaven’s sake you’re not serious, Agnes – are you?
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