Lee Ingleby: Gustave
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Quotes
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Gustav : Maurice said the prince was expecting you.
Danielle : He is expecting someone who does not exist. Signore, my name is Danielle de Barbarac, and I am but a servant.
Leonardo da Vinci : Yes, and I'm the bastard son of a peasant. What does that have to do with anything?
Danielle : I have deceived him.
Leonardo da Vinci : The prince will understand.
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Henry : I'm looking for Signor da Vinci. We're to go to the monastery together. Have you seen him?
Gustav : Da Vinci? No, Your Highness.
Henry : Well, is that not his flying contraption? Where did you get it?
[Danielle releases the kite.]
Gustav : From er.. the Cometsse de Lancret. She is a friend of his.
[Danielle fumes.]
Henry : You know her! Please, I must find her. Where is she staying?
Gustav : Uh, I believe, your Highness, that she is staying with a cousin. The, uh, Baroness Rodmilla de Ghent.
Henry : Hmm. That does present a problem.
Gustav : But, I do know that she is there. Alone. By herself. At this very moment.
Henry : Excellent. Nice painting.
[Henry and Laurent ride off.]
Danielle : [emerging from hiding] Gustave, you horrible little *snipe*!
Gustav : Did you hear? He likes my work!
Danielle : And he is heading for my house!
Gustav : Then I suggest you run.
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Leonardo da Vinci : Come, let's go and see these paintings of yours.
Gustav : Now?
Leonardo da Vinci : When you're as old as I am, my young friend, now is all you've got.
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Gustav : Have you lost your marbles? Do you know what the punishment is for servants who dress above their station? Five days in the stocks.
Danielle : You'd do the same for me, admit it.
Gustav : Me? Pretend to be a courtier? Prancing round like some nobleman when I've never been to court. And neither have you!
Danielle : Then I won't recongnised. Hand me that gown so I can be on my way.
Gustav : [hands Danielle the gown] They'll never buy it. You are too sweet.
Danielle : And they'll never buy a servant with twenty gold francs either. I am Maurice's only hope.
Gustav : And the Baroness, what did you tell her?
Danielle : I am picking wildflowers. Gustav, can you still see her?
Gustav : They're buying a brooch.
Danielle : [putting on the gown] Unbelievable. She ignores the manor, blames us for her debt... and still pretends to have money to burn. Don't you dare laugh. I'm coming out.
[Danielle steps out as Gustav is amazed.]
Danielle : The shoes are too big.
Gustav : Nobody will be looking at your feet.
Danielle : Yards of fabric and I still feel naked.
Gustav : If you're going to be a noblewoman... you must play the part.
[he raises Danielle's chin]
Gustav : You look down to no-one.
Danielle : I am just a servant in a nice dress.
Gustav : [takes Danielle's hand] Come. We have to do something with that hair.
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Gustav : [about Henry] You like him. Admit it.
Danielle : Nope.
Gustav : [sees Henry and Laurent arriving] And I.. I suppose if you saw him again, you'd simply...
Danielle : I would walk right up to him and say, "Your Highness, my family is your family. Please take them away!"
Gustav : Good! Because here's your big chance, he's headed this way.
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Maurice : You must go to the prince, tell him what's happened.
Gustav : B-But I'm nobody. The prince would never see me.
Gustav : [about Danielle] You are her friend, Gustave. She needs your help. The prince expects to see her.
Gustav : I-I cannot. Besides, my master has me working tonight.
Maurice : Then go to Da Vinci. Surely a painter can see another painter.
Gustav : I am but an apprentice.
[Maurice see Rodmilla, Marguerite and Jacqueline leaving the fabric shop.]
Gustav : Only he is the greatest painter in the world. I could no sooner talk to God.
Maurice : For once in your life, man. Be bold.
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Gustav : [to the da Vinci lookalike] Signor da Vinci.
[Gustave collapses, unaware that he's standing next to the real da Vinci]
Leonardo da Vinci : Yes?
