Belle (2013)
James Norton: Oliver Ashford
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Quotes
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Oliver Ashford : [referring to Dido Elizabeth Belle] She is intriguing, is she not?
James Ashford : [staring contemptuously at Dido] I find her repulsive.
Oliver Ashford : Well, I suppose she is... if you find a most rare and exotic flower so.
James Ashford : [contemptuously] One does not make a wife of the the rare and exotic, Oliver. One samples it on the cotton fields of the Indies.
Oliver Ashford : [chuckles] Why so far when it is right at my door?
James Ashford : Then find a pure English rose to decorate one's home.
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Lady Ashford : You will refrain from any intercourse with the negro. Lord and Lady Mansfield may find it fascinating to have a Lady Mulatto running around in their house, but I will not have one running around in mine.
Oliver Ashford : She is an heiress.
Lady Ashford : Although exceptions can be made.
Oliver Ashford : It is said that her father left her a rather vast fortune.
Lady Ashford : I mean to say, if that is your inclination.
Oliver Ashford : She is rather soft on the eye. I have thought no further of it, Mama.
Lady Ashford : Where do you get your information?
Oliver Ashford : Her sister-cousin has a rather fast tongue.