"Someday," Penny sighed, letting her mind wander to the possibilities. She had always felt a conviction that someday, she would have it all but seeing Gen's struggles, it was difficult not to consider the fact that things didn't always go as planned. After all, if their mother had chosen Spebbington for Gen, she could only worry about what she would choose for her,
Penny, too, rolled over to stare at the ceiling. "I wonder what she's waiting for. She's just made this one attempt at marrying you thus far, none for Bernard or for me. Perhaps she's just too obsessed with the whole thing. Perhaps if she thought of other things, she'd actually pay attention to us. I don't know that she knows us very much at all," Penny observed. "I don't know that she wants to." The last was added in a softer tone, both reflective and sad.