Face to Face (1967)

Lidia Alfonsi: Belle de Winton

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Quotes 

• [Fletcher and Bennet ride to the de Winton Plantation] 

  Belle de Winton : Beauregard! Beau... but I've been so worried about you.

  Solomon 'Beauregard' Bennet : Howdy, Belle.

  [Belle gestures to Bennet to kiss her hand, which he refuses to her disappointment. Fletcher returns her gesture instead] 

  Solomon 'Beauregard' Bennet : This is Brad Fletcher.

  Professor Brad Fletcher : Madame.

  Belle de Winton : Where are the others?

  Solomon 'Beauregard' Bennet : They'll get here. Where's your brother?

  Belle de Winton : He's out after a runaway slave. Ah, dear Mr. Fletcher's from the North. You looked worried hearing me say the word "slave". I suppose you'd prefer the word "servant". But a word doesn't change anything. Nobody'll ever make us change, even this... Lincoln. Our emancipator. You'll pardon, Mr. Fletcher, even if you are a Yankee - because you came here with our Beauregard. And you're a gentleman, too.

  [Fletcher is flattered] 

  Belle de Winton : You're blushing!

  Professor Brad Fletcher : [nervously, to Bennet]  But, I...

  Belle de Winton : We're happy to have you as a guest here... in the ancestral mansion of the de Wintons.

• Maximilian de Winton : I propose Beauregard - long may he remain with us. And I propose Zachary - may his days in jail be short. And I propose Bennet's Raiders, about to ride again!

  Belle de Winton : And I propose the South!

  Maximilian de Winton : With your permission, Fletcher...

• Belle de Winton : I know this isn't very exciting for you, talking with me here all evening, but... there's something I really have to show you. Something very dear to me.

  [produces a yellow scarf] 

  Professor Brad Fletcher : It's a Confederate Cavalry scarf.

  Belle de Winton : That's right. I gave it to my fiancée... before he left for Gettysburg.

  Professor Brad Fletcher : Gettysburg. You have my sympathy.

  Belle de Winton : It was the only time I've been in love. That once.

  Professor Brad Fletcher : To have been in love once is something to be thankful for... not everyone is that fortunate.

  Belle de Winton : This is the only memento I have now.

  Solomon 'Beauregard' Bennet : [groans, then pokes his head through a curtain]  Belle... listen, old girl. Don't begin that old story again. You know it only makes you sad, and then I have to work so hard to cheer you up.

  Belle de Winton : Mr. Bennet! Would you please leave this room? Yours is next door.

  Solomon 'Beauregard' Bennet : As usual, no? With the connecting door. What's wrong? Oh, I get it!

  [laughs, knowing that Belle is trying to hide her previous affair with him from Fletcher] 

  Solomon 'Beauregard' Bennet : You don't want him to know! It'd make a bad impression, eh? But you don't have to worry, Belle. Brad is a gentleman. Aren't you, Brad?

  Professor Brad Fletcher : I suppose I must be. So far. But, er... I think I'm learning.