Lady Godiva of Coventry (1955)

Maureen O'Hara: Lady Godiva

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Quotes 

• Lady Godiva : If you had a shred of honour, you'd... But no, rather than marry, you hide out in this dungeon.

• Lord Leofric : In heaven's name, who is this she-wolf?

  Lady Godiva : She's no prisoner, M'lord, but Godiva, the sister of the Sheriff.

• Lady Godiva : If I had half a wit, I'd forget that I had ever met them.

• Lady Godiva : Being born of the people, M'lord, I cannot help but think of those who do the fighting and the dying.

• Lord Leofric : The waging of war is man's affair.

  Lady Godiva : Then wage war in your way, M'lord, and I'll wage war in mine.

• Lady Godiva : He said you were to get a stout stick and beat me well for doubting you.

• Lady Godiva : Then proclaim on the morrow that I *will* make such a ride as Count Eustace proposes through the streets of Coventry... I know my people, King Edward. There will be no holiday, no merrymaking in the streets and there will be no person in all of Coventry who will look upon my nakedness.

• [last lines] 

  Lady Godiva : Leofric, I once told you that I was not given to vapours or fainting. But if you'll allow me just this one faint, I'm sure that the King will forgive our absence.

  [moans and pretends to faint]