The Forsyte Saga (TV Series)
Episode #2.1 (2003)
Damian Lewis: Soames Forsyte
Quotes
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Soames Forsyte : so... if you couldn't commit the matter to paper...
Jolyon : keep your daughter away from my son! You probably know, they are together, as we speak.
Soames Forsyte : [takes off his glasses] I had no idea.
Jolyon : They met at June's gallery. My son is staying with Val and Holly. Your daughter invited herself down, finagle her way in!
Soames Forsyte : Val Darty and his wife extended Fleur an invitation...
Jolyon : She forced their hand! She must be like you, she sees something and decides to get it.
Soames Forsyte : [puts down his glasses] so what do you want me to do?
Jolyon : make sure, that this doesn't happen again.
Soames Forsyte : Stop it, you mean?
Jolyon : Absolutely.
Soames Forsyte : You come here, behind your son's back, and tell me to break this up.
[gets up from his desk, walks towards Jolyon]
Soames Forsyte : You! Of all people, the man who once lectured me on the importance of happiness in marriage; the man who spurned his own family to follow his heart; who stole another man's wife in the name of love...
Jolyon : Jon and your daughter aren't in love...
Soames Forsyte : [raising his voice] Have you asked them?
Jolyon : ...
Soames Forsyte : This liaison is repugnant to me too - your son with my daughter. I will do my best to stop it and I presume you will too. But at least I don't have to play the hypocrite. Good evening to you sir.
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Soames Forsyte : I can't abide foreigners.
Annette Forsyte née Lamotte : Then why did you marry one?
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Soames Forsyte : Your friends enjoyed themselves.
Annette Forsyte née Lamotte : [Still upset over Fleur's attention-seeking behavior in front of her guests] I want to put Fleur over my knee.
Soames Forsyte : It was a joke.
Annette Forsyte née Lamotte : She's capricious.
Soames Forsyte : [In denial and making excuses for Fleur's behavior] A little restive, perhaps.
[pause]
Soames Forsyte : She and I will go to London - take in some galleries.
Annette Forsyte née Lamotte : [Appalled] You're ruining her, and you can't even see it. She needs someone to say no to her. You could influence her if you wanted to, if you had the strength.