The Gilded Age (TV Series)

His Grace the Duke (2023)

Carrie Coon: Bertha Russell

Quotes 

• Duke of Buckingham : I was once at a state dinner for the Bey of Egypt, and there was an armed coup just after the pudding.

  Bertha Russell : You can't be serious.

  Duke of Buckingham : I certainly am. All the servants vanished, and eventually, I went to look for the cheese with the wife of the French ambassador. And instead, we were met with bayonets.

  Bertha Russell : Oh, goodness. Well, I think it's safe to assume you'll make it through tonight's dinner alive.

  Duke of Buckingham : Are you willing to promise?

  Bertha Russell : I promise we'll get past the cheese.

• Bertha Russell : You've had your fun. Isn't it time to end it?

  Susan Blane : What are you talking about?

  Bertha Russell : What is it that you want from him? You can't give him an heir. In 20 years, when he is in his prime, you'll be walking with a stick. Even if he feels too guilty to leave, part of him will be waiting for you to die. You must remember what that was like when you were married to your husband.

  Susan Blane : How dare you say such things?

  Bertha Russell : I dare because they're true.

• Bertha Russell : To be honest, it doesn't take much to make a Duke likeable.

• Bertha Russell : Is something the matter?

  Duke of Buckingham : It's the way the Americans lay a table. I can't get used to it. Does that make me sound provincial?

• Bertha Russell : My first event there will be the talk of the whole town. We won't have a single refusal unless people are at death's door. And even then, they may take up their beds and walk.

• George Russell : And what will Mrs. Winterton make of all this? Or don't you care?

  Bertha Russell : Should I care about the feelings of a former lady's maid who attempted to seduce my husband?