Interviewer: Welcome to the 21st century Miss. Montgomery. Now you have been transported to the world of your future, may I say that it seems an appropriate time to ask you to repeat that famous quote of yours about the future?

L.M.M: “Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it.”

Interviewer: Thank you for that. Miss Montgomery, we hardly recognize you now that you’ve had a state-of-the-art make-over. You’ve got the bangs that you always longed for and it looks as though you’ve had liposuction and, dare I say, enhancement?

L.M.M: (indicating her bustle) “I'm not a bit changed - not really. I'm only just pruned down and branched out. The real me - back here - is just the same.”

Interviewer: We hear that you were invited recently to visit a certain head of government. Do you have any advice about how to conduct yourself in such a situation?

L.M.M: “As a rule, I am very careful to be shallow and conventional where depth and originality are wasted.”

Interviewer: I recently interviewed Jane Austen and asked her about her views upon Global Warming. How do you—

L.M.M: (Interrupting) —“There are so many unpleasant things in the world already that there is no use in imagining any more.  I cannot recall such a beautiful June as this… It has been the sweetest month of sun and shower imaginable and the greenness of everything is something to steep your soul in. it is a benediction to walk past a clover field.”

Interviewer: Miss Montgomery, after reading your books and journals it seems clear that you are a believer in the strength of women and their dormant potential to take charge. What is their secret?  

L.M.M: (Rapping)   “Since the world began,
                                   and Adam first did say
                                 “Twas Eve led me astray,”
                                   A woman hath more patience
                                   than a man.”

Interviewer: Speaking of men, have you heard of the popular—
And eligible television personality: Simon Cowell who judges peoples’ musical talents on a highly-rated show?

L.M.M: “Poor mortal—he seems to have an uncomfortable sort of temperament—always torturing himself and others on the rack of self-analysis… Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing."

Interviewer: I see.  Now that you’re caught up reading about world events in recent years, have you formed any conclusions about the terrible hostilities between nations? And how do view the media coverage of badly-behaved personalities from the world of show business? 

L.M.M: “All things are mingled in this life—the most insignificant follow on the heels of the most tragic…There’s always another bend in the road.”

Interviewer: Well said, Miss. Montgomery. I’m wondering what you’re playing on your MP3 these days?

L.M.M: “I have never heard anything sweeter than the whistling of the robins at sunset in the maple woods.”

Interviewer: But if we asked to come up with a song lyric could you come up with something right now—off the top of your head?

L.M.M: “Twilight drops her curtain down, and pins it with a star.”