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(2008 TV Movie)

Jacqueline Bisset: Isabella

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Quotes 

  • Isabella : Oh, women are too quick to give men credit they are not truly owed.

  • Mary Bassett : You seem well.

    Isabella : Well enough.

    Mary Bassett : You have your health.

    Isabella : How long can we expect to indulge in these pleasantries?

    Mary Bassett : If you prefer we can dispense with them immediately.

    Isabella : What is it you require?

    Mary Bassett : Require?

    Isabella : Money.

    Mary Bassett : I require nothing.

    Isabella : Your husband is kidnapped, and you without the means to pay the rent.

    Mary Bassett : My husband is dead.

  • Isabella : All that talk of wild animals and gypsies, it seemed you had become unhinged. I could not very well have that on my conscience, could I.

    Mary Bassett : This letter, may I see it?

    [Isabella reaches for the letter and Mary notices the children hiding at the door, her suspicions making sense] 

    Mary Bassett : These are difficult times, I am not always in my right mind.

    [reading letter] 

    Mary Bassett : ... kidnapped by gypsies... live like wild animals...

    [speaking to her mother] 

    Mary Bassett : It seems I have overstated my case.

  • Solomon Bassett : [he and Pru are watching through a crack in the door]  What's she doing?

    Isabella : [opens the door and finds them]  As a rule it is advisable not to spy. In some countries they gouge out your eyes.

  • Isabella : You are well informed.

    Mrs. Hopkins : Oh dear, and you, Mrs. Caldwell, are most fortunate to have had such a husband!

    Isabella : I find liberty to be a better husband than he was.

  • Isabella : Speaking of silk, Mrs. Hopkins, what exactly is the substance of your attire? It's so original.

    Mrs. Hopkins : This, uh, it's flaxen.

    Isabella : Flaxen? Isn't that what the poor eat for breakfast?

    [awkward silence and she looks to Mary] 

    Isabella : Is it?

    Mr. Hopkins : Mrs. Hopkins is in mourning.

    Mary Bassett : She lost three sons to scarlet fever five years ago.

    Isabella : I'm sorry.

    Mrs. Hopkins : After that I just can't wear anything too fancy.

    Isabella : Mrs. Hopkins, if I might suggest, why don't you let a little joy back into your life? You have a wonderful son home after five years, you should celebrate, have a party, with flowers and music.

  • Isabella : [Tilly enters Isabella's room]  Knocking is always good.

    Mathilda Bassett : [Tilly closes the door behind her]  I know why my mother doesn't want you here.

    Isabella : Is that right?

    Mathilda Bassett : You're not nice. You made fun of Mrs. Hopkins and you insulted my family. My father was not a vagrant.

    Isabella : Is there some reason you feel compelled to discuss this with me?

    Mathilda Bassett : Because I brought you here. I wrote that letter.

    Isabella : You did?

    Mathilda Bassett : Yes.

    Isabella : [laughing]  Well. That explains it. Gypsies. How marvelous.

    Mathilda Bassett : I suppose you'll want to go.

    Isabella : No. I have just found a reason to stay.

  • Mathilda Bassett : Many people were improved by my father. Gad says he could reform the worst cynic in the world.

    Isabella : Shall I add cynic to my list of virtues?

    Mathilda Bassett : That's up to you.

  • Isabella : How did he die?

    Mathilda Bassett : Working the fields. Mr. Yule found him crushed by a tree.

    Isabella : You must miss him.

    Mathilda Bassett : My father said everything is a lesson from which we ultimately profit.

  • Mathilda Bassett : [after catching Isabella reading her writings]  You hated it.

    Isabella : I didn't say that.

    Mathilda Bassett : You didn't say anything.

    Isabella : It is quite lively.

    Mathilda Bassett : Lively.

    Isabella : Spirited.

    Mathilda Bassett : You did hate it.

    Isabella : I... like your people.

    Mathilda Bassett : You don't find them dull and ordinary?

    Isabella : There is nothing ordinary about you or your people.

  • Mathilda Bassett : What on earth are you doing?

    Gad Hopkins : I had a grand time last night.

    Mathilda Bassett : So did I.

    Gad Hopkins : Come to tea?

    Mathilda Bassett : Have you gone insane?

    Isabella : I hope you don't treat all your suitors this way. Don't blame the poor boy. The idea was completely mine.

  • Solomon Bassett : [Watching Isabella's stitching efforts]  Not like that.

    Isabella : Not like how?

    Solomon Bassett : Like how you're doing it.

    Isabella : Patience, child. You must allow an old woman to find her way.

    [Solomon snatches it away and does it himself] 

    Isabella : Perhaps patience is overrated as a virtue after all.

  • Isabella : You're not like me, Mary. You won't fail her if you let go.

    Mary Bassett : I'm more like you than I thought. Going after you like that.

    Isabella : Well I'm glad to know you have some fight in you.

  • Solomon Bassett : Why did it bite you?

    Isabella : It appears to have not liked the feathers in my hat. Camels are notoriously fussy.

  • Mary Bassett : Ellis always said, life's purpose is greater than our imagination.

    Isabella : I was wrong about him. About everything. Please forgive me.

  • Isabella : You could have had anything you wanted: best education, tours of Europe, personal acquaintance with well-bred men and women...

    Mary Bassett : Money is the only thing you could imagine wanting, isn't it?

    Isabella : I feared it would come to this.

    Mary Bassett : You have no idea what it has come to!

    Isabella : Ellis Basset was a vagrant! A vagrant!

    Mary Bassett : He was the finest man I ever met in my life! I pity you and all your well-bred friends!

  • Isabella : You never did like parties. They'd always find you hiding somewhere. Under the piano, in the coat closet. Tilly's doing beautifully. You should see her.

    Mary Bassett : You shouldn't have given her the dress.

    Isabella : Poverty was your choice, not hers.

    Mary Bassett : I don't want her regretting what isn't within her means.

    Isabella : She can have whatever she wants.

    Mary Bassett : Not from you.

    Isabella : So you continue to punish me for wanting you a better husband.

    Mary Bassett : Oh, tell the truth! When I left with Ellis you were relieved.

    Isabella : Don't be ridiculous.

    Mary Bassett : Why didn't you stop me then?

    Isabella : You made your choice.

    Mary Bassett : There was no choice! You never wanted me. My whole childhood I saw you fewer times than some people see distant friends.

    Isabella : You embellish.

    Mary Bassett : When you did come I was kept out of sight by my governess who was quick to remind me I must keep my distance or run the risk of shortening your stay.

    Isabella : You had everything as a child. Complete freedom.

    Mary Bassett : Freedom is not what a child needs!

    Isabella : You were no comfort. From the moment you were born I felt your judgment.

    Mary Bassett : Judgment? I was a baby! How could I judge you?

    Isabella : Was I to grovel for your approval?

    Mary Bassett : Oh. So, deprived of approval from me, you will take it from Tilly? I have lost much this past year, I do not wish to lose my daughter as well.

  • Isabella : It's not wrong what you did today. Your mother is a person of unflagging piety. It might not be possible to equal her.

    Mathilda Bassett : Maybe we should try.

  • Isabella : Why does Thanksgiving matter so much to you?

    Solomon Bassett : Because it's how I'll know we're all right.

  • Mathilda Bassett : Why are you telling me this?

    Isabella : So you won't make the mistake of excusing me. Telling yourself, as I did, that it could not have been helped.

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