Cranford (TV Series)

November 1842 (2007)

Philip Glenister: Mr Carter

Quotes 

• [Harry's father has been falsely imprisoned for attempted murder] 

  Harry Gregson : Sir, he's not guilty.

  Mr. Carter : Can you vouch for his whereabouts on that night? Can you prove he was in another place? Otherwise occupied?

  Harry Gregson : He was on Lady Ludlow's land. Poaching. Six brace of pheasants, two of snipe. I helped you write it in the ledger.

  Mr. Carter : How do you know it was him?

  Harry Gregson : I was there. I was helping.

  Mr. Carter : Go home now.

  [Angrily] 

  Mr. Carter : Now, Harry!

• Lady Ludlow : Poaching is next to thieving, Mr. Carter. I abhor it for that reason.

  Mr. Carter : Madam, I am convinced it was done because the man was desperate to feed his family!

  Lady Ludlow : Has he no work? Where does he live?

  Mr. Carter : He is a squatter in Hareman's Lane.

  Lady Ludlow : Then he is not, I think, a tenant of mine. I have no responsibility towards him.

  Mr. Carter : He is a tenant of this Earth, my lady.

• Mr. Carter : [to Lady Ludlow]  Madam, I must hope that if you cannot help this family, God will.