The Forsyte Saga (2002–2003)

Emma Griffiths Malin: Fleur Mont née Forsyte

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• Fleur Forsyte : I don't want to hear about her!

  Soames Forsyte : I'll tell you anyway, shall I? The great sin your father committed? Then you can write me off altogether.

  Fleur Forsyte : I said, I don't want to hear!

  Soames Forsyte : I married her because I loved her! Very simple. It's why Michael's marrying you. She abused my trust; she denied me my rights as a husband. She ignored me. She flaunted her lover in my face. She locked me out of her life, her body...

  Fleur Forsyte : Please!

  Soames Forsyte : One night, her door was open, and she was lying there, looking very beautiful. She is very beautiful, don't you think? I whispered her name, but she was asleep.

  Fleur Forsyte : Stop!

  Soames Forsyte : I must have been mad. I think I was; Mad for her. So I took her, forcibly... as punishment! And now when I see her, whenever she looks at me, I know she's thinking only of that.

  [breaks down in tears] 

• Fleur Forsyte : Don't give up on us, Jon! Please, don't give up!

  Irene Forsyte nee Heron : Go home with you father, my dear. Give us all time to think.

  [touches Fleur's arm] 

  Fleur Forsyte : Don't touch me! I know what you're doing: Pretending to make yourself look nice. Lying, so you can have him all to yourself! Well, he's mine, do you understand? He's mine!

  Jon Forsyte : Is that how you really think?

  Fleur Forsyte : No, but we're meant for each other. We're meant to be.

  Jon Forsyte : No, I don't think so...

• Fleur Forsyte : One last kiss. Remember, whatever happens we'll pick up just as we are.

  Jon Forsyte : What do you mean?

  Fleur Forsyte : I'll be faithful to you. I will, I promise. Forever and ever.

• Michael Mont : There is something I have been waiting to tell you. I love you, Fleur Forsyte! I love you! I do!

  Fleur Forsyte : Oh, no, you don't!

  Michael Mont : Oh, yes, I do!

• Jon Forsyte : Can't you see? I'm dying for you! But we mustn't rush this. It's the most important thing. It's everything!

  Fleur Forsyte : Don't break my heart, Jon. I can't stand if you did.

  Jon Forsyte : How could I ever do that?

• Michael Mont : You are the better half of myself, the missing half.

  Fleur Forsyte : How can you say that? You don't even know me.

• Michael Mont : Sometimes I think that you like me. Otherwise why do you want me here? Why do you keep me hanging on? But sometimes I think that you really don't care at all. Is there someone else?

  Fleur Forsyte : No.

  Michael Mont : Then I'll gonna ask you again. And as a fiancé I will not be coming back.

  Fleur Forsyte : But we are friends.

  Michael Mont : I believe I can make you happy as more than that. Will you marry me, Fleur?

  Fleur Forsyte : Would you do anything for me? Even if everybody told you not do. would you stand by me anyway?

  Michael Mont : If you were my wife I would.

  Fleur Forsyte : Then I'll do it. I'll marry you.

• Jon Forsyte : Do you love him? Really love him?

  Fleur Forsyte : What do you think?

  Jon Forsyte : It's possible...

  Fleur Forsyte : So you believe I can do that? Love you one day body and soul and forget about you the next?

  Jon Forsyte : So, if you don't love him, why are you marrying him?

  Fleur Forsyte : To get away from home of course! I can't stand my father. Michael's nice, he'll look after me.

  Jon Forsyte : Nice isn't enough! A marriage for convenience is terrible!

  Fleur Forsyte : What are my alternatives?

  Jon Forsyte : You know I still love you!

  Fleur Forsyte : How can I know that?

  Jon Forsyte : Oh, I think about you every moment of every day!

  Fleur Forsyte : Is that why you're here?

• Jon Forsyte : We cannot exist in a bubble, Fleur.

  Fleur Forsyte : We cannot exist for other people!

• Jon Forsyte : You can't marry him! You can't...

  Fleur Forsyte : And who are you to tell me that? If you won't have me, then I shall do it my own way. And I'll forget about you, Jon Forsyte! I swear I will!

• Soames Forsyte : My whole life, I have dedicated to you - to making you happy!

  Fleur Forsyte : But you got it wrong, didn't you? You thought I cared about dresses and frippery. I'd have married Jon in my underclothes, and because of you - YOU! - he stopped loving me. The one thing I really wanted!