The Draughtsman's Contract (1982)

Anne-Louise Lambert: Mrs. Talmann, Mrs. Herbert's daughter

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• Mr. Neville : Madame, who is this child who walks the garden with such a solemn look on his face?

  Mrs. Talmann : That is my husband's nephew, Mr. Neville.

  Mr. Neville : He attracts servants like a little midget king. What is his patrimony, madame?

  Mrs. Talmann : His father was killed at Aufbergensfeld. His mother became a Catholic so my husband had him brought to England.

  Mr. Neville : To be raised as a little Protestant?

  Mrs. Talmann : He was an orphan, Mr. Neville, and needed to be looked after.

  Mr. Neville : An orphan, madame, because his mother became a Catholic?

• Mrs. Talmann : She does not fret father, or if she does you well know the cause is your indifference - a house, a garden, a horse, a wife the preferential order.

• Mrs. Talmann : When your speech is as coarse as your face, Louis, then you sound as impotent by day as you perform by night.

• Mrs. Talmann : Your inventory, Louis, is unlimited. Like your long, clean, white breeches, there is nothing of substance in either of them.

• [to her husband, Louis Talmann] 

  Mrs. Talmann : Your speech, Louis, is becoming meteorological.

• Mr. Neville : Well, that was ingenious.

  Mrs. Talmann : Since when has adultery been ingenious? You are ridiculous, Mr. Neville.

• Mr. Neville : Four garments and a ladder do not lead us to a corpse.

  Mrs. Talmann : Mr. Neville, I said nothing about a corpse.

• Mrs. Talmann : I will stay dressed, Mr. Neville; you will not.

• Mrs. Talmann : Your innocence, Mr. Neville, is always sinister.