The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982 TV Movie)

Jane Seymour: Marguerite St. Just

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Quotes 

• Marguerite : They seek him here, they seek him there / Those Frenchies seek him everywhere / Is he in heaven, or is he in hell?/ My own elusive Pimpernel.

  Sir Percy : Sink me, the lady is a poet.

  [they kiss] 

• Sir Percy : The only power that I can see at present, mademoiselle, is the power of your beauty.

  Marguerite : Well, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, Sir Percy.

  Sir Percy : This beholder is enchanted.

• Marguerite : Will you not even defend your wife's honor?

  Sir Percy : Od's fish, m'dear, would you have me challenge the poor countess to a duel?

• Marguerite : I don't know whether you're mad, or...

  Sir Percy : Desperately in love? 'Tis all the same. Tell me, if you can, that you do not feel it, too.

• Sir Percy : If I were to tell you that I adore you, would you have me do so stintingly?

  Marguerite : *Adore* me?

  Sir Percy : Or would you have me declare it as I feel it, with all my heart?

• Marguerite : I see now what begins as a dream can end as a nightmare. Some causes can become warped and twisted, like some men.

• Countess de Tournay : [accusing Marguerite of denouncing the Marquis de St Cyr]  Can you deny that, Lady Blakeney?

  Marguerite : I refuse to confirm or deny such accusations. For this is no trial - and you are no judge.

  Countess de Tournay : True, Madame. God will be your judge.