Agnes van Rhijn, Marian Brook and others in “Unfinished Business”

Agnes van Rhijn

Now you need to know, we only receive the old people in this house. Not the new. Never the new.

Marian Brook

What's the difference?

Agnes van Rhijn

The old have been in charge since before the Revolution. They ruled, justly, until the new people invaded.

Ada Brook

It's not quite as simple as that.

Agnes van Rhijn

Yes, it is.

Marian Brook

Well, I'm new. I've only just arrived.

Agnes van Rhijn

Marian, never mind that the Brooks have been in Pennsylvania for a century and a half. My mother, your grandmother, was a Livingston of Livingston Manor, and they came to this city in 1674. You belong to old New York, my dear, and don't let anyone tell you different. You are my niece, and you belong to old New York.