Mr: How are you this evening, my dear?
Mrs: Very well.Only I wish you would not call me "my dear".
Mr: Why?
Mrs: It's what my father calls my mother when he's cross (about something)
Mr: What endearment am I allowed?
Mrs: Well, let me think.
Lizzie for every day. My Pearl for Sundays and...
Goddness Divine but only on very special occasions.
Mr: And what shall I call you when I'm cross?
Mrs Darcy?
Mrs: No.No.
You may only call me Mrs Darcy when you are completely
and perfectly and incandescently happy.
Mr: And how are you this evening Mrs Darcy??