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| Dr. Austin Sloper (Konrad Rogowski) gives Mary last-minute instructions before the guests arrive.
| Austin's sister Lavinia Penniman (Karen Balaska) delights in all she has seen so far on her trip to visit her brother. Austin invites her to spend the winter. |
| Dr. Sloper's daughter Catherine (Brianna Stronk) shows her aunt her new dress. Lavinia praises it, but the doctor thinks that whereas her mother could pull off wearing a dress of that color, Catherine cannot.
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| Lavinia and Austin frame the
next generation: Arthur Townsend (Joshua Guenter), betrothed to Austin's niece Marian Almond (Ashley Graham), Catherine, and Arthur's cousin Morris Townsend (Mark Ohanesian) who, it seems, is very taken with Catherine. |
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With Lavinia and the young folk in the parlor, Dr. Sloper tells his other sister Elizabeth Almond (Laura Randall) that he is extremely disappointed that Catherine is so un-like her mother.
| Dr. Sloper disapproves of the amount of time Morris spends with Catherine. He considers Morris a fortune-hunter and is not shy about saying so.
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Morris is undetered and overwhelms Catherine by asking her to marry him.
| Catherine shares the good news with her aunt Lavinia.
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Lavinia is thrilled by this announcement. The doctor is not.
| He tries to dissuade his daughter, saying he is only looking out for her interests.
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In order to confirm his suspicions, Dr. Sloper requests the presence of Morris' sister Mrs. Montgomery (Kelly Seip) to learn how Morris conducts his financial affairs.
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