She is intriguing, is she not? I find her repulsive. Well, I suppose she is... if you find...
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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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She is intriguing is she not
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I find her repulsive
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Well I suppose she is if you find a most rare and exotic flower so
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He has much to recommend him
Clip duration: 18 seconds
Views: 177
Timestamp in movie: 00h 16m 41s
Uploaded: 24 March, 2022
Genres: biography, drama, romance
Summary: The mixed-race daughter, Dido Elizabeth Belle (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), of Royal Navy Captain Sir John Lindsay (Matthew Goode) is raised by aristocratic Great-uncle Lord William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (Tom Wilkinson) in eighteenth ce
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