Elizabeth of Ladymead (1948)

Nicholas Phipps: John Beresford in 1854

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• John Beresford in 1854 : Nothing in the soldier's lot is more hard to bear than the thought that while he's away, serving his country in a vital hour, his home and his womenfolk are left without his guidance and protection. They are like a ship without its captain and without its course, exposed to every element and every danger, fragile and alone. Now happily all that is past. This ship once more has its pilot; the hand is once more firmly on the wheel.

• Annie the maid : To think that those Frenchies could ever hope to stand up to our lads!

  John Beresford in 1854 : It wasn't the Frenchies we were fighting Annie - it was the Russians.