The Gilded Age (TV Series)
Let the Tournament Begin (2022)
Christine Baranski: Agnes Van Rhijn
Quotes
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Marian Brook : [Marian races in to intercept Mr Russell before he delivers her departure missives to Agnes and Ada]
[flustered]
Marian Brook : Am I too late?
Agnes Van Rhijn : Heavens, is there a fire?
Ada Brook : [shocked] Marian, you're back!
Agnes Van Rhijn : [looking to each in the room] Too late for what? Why shouldn't she be back? What's going on?
Larry Russell : [Looks at Marian, confused]
Ada Brook : [to Marian] How was your day?
Marian Brook : Not all it could have been - Mr Russell, how kind of you to come by.
Agnes Van Rhijn : You were saying, you were here on a mission, Mr Russell? Does it concern those envelopes?
Marian Brook : *No*.
Agnes Van Rhijn : *What*?
Marian Brook : I'm sure Mr Russell went out to catch the evening post, and thought he'd look in to see how you are - isn't that so, Mr Russell?
Larry Russell : [catching on] Absolutely - but now it's clear you're both as well as I could hope, so I'll be on my way...
Ada Brook : ...to the mailbox.
Marian Brook : Isn't that nice... I'll see you out.
Agnes Van Rhijn : I feel as if I I'd been watching a play in a foreign language.
Ada Brook : They're young.
Agnes Van Rhijn : Is that an observation or an excuse?
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Agnes Van Rhijn : Isn't Henry James a little dense for a young lady?
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Agnes Van Rhijn : You are glad to be ordered to march into hell and to dance with the devil?
Ada Brook : I wonder sometimes if you don't slightly overstate your arguments. We cannot be forced to dance.
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Oscar Van Rhijn : You're sorry she's gone, Mama. Why don't you admit it?
Agnes Van Rhijn : My secretary has handed in her notice. What more is there to say?
Oscar Van Rhijn : That you're sad about it.
Agnes Van Rhijn : Very well. I'm sad. She was a great help to me. Now are you satisfied?