Quotes
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Mr. Carter : The power to make that decision was entirely your, My Lady.
Lady Ludlow : I thank you for that acknowledgement. I hope you see I do this out of concern for my estate, and not the lack of it.
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Lady Ludlow : Do not even speak to me of the railway! I saw for myself the path it would slice across my land. I saw which fields would be devoured, which buildings tumbled! And the damage to Hanbury would be irreversible.
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Mr. Carter : My lady, you house and wage one man whose sole occupation is the winding of your clocks!
Lady Ludlow : I have a great many clocks, Mr. Carter, and Will Jones is mute. Were it not for his position here, he would be in the workhouse, an institution I've heard you say that you abhor.
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Mr. Carter : You have no money! The harvests have been appalling and your funds cannot support this latest charge. I'm sorry I must speak so plainly.
Lady Ludlow : Are you, Mr. Carter?
Mr. Carter : Yes. Because it grieves you.
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[Lady Ludlow has brought supplies to help the doctor treating Mr. Carter]
Lady Ludlow : You know as well as I that these are gestures made in place of an apology.
Mr. Carter : We spoke in anger to each other, the other day. I am sorry.
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Mr. Carter : You have no money! The harvests have appalling and your funds cannot support this latest charge. I'm sorry I must speak so plainly.
Lady Ludlow : Are you, Mr. Carter?
Mr. Carter : Yes. Because it grieves you.
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Lady Ludlow : My duty is sacred. When I die I will hand my son his inheritance intact.
Mr. Carter : With a mortgage on it!
