A dairy maid can be happy; but she's not obliged to smile when she's wretched. The...
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Clarissa Marr:
[Referring to her unfinished portraiture]
You paint me as a happy mother. I'm not very happy. I'm scarcely a mother... and yet I smile because I'm supposed to be happy. Lawrence:
No, Lady Rohan; you smile because you're fortunate. Clarissa Marr:
Aren't they the same thing? Lawrence:
A dairy maid can be happy; but she's not obliged to smile when she's wretched. The fortunate must pay their debt. A great lady must never been seen without a smile
[Referring to her unfinished portraiture]
You paint me as a happy mother. I'm not very happy. I'm scarcely a mother... and yet I smile because I'm supposed to be happy. Lawrence:
No, Lady Rohan; you smile because you're fortunate. Clarissa Marr:
Aren't they the same thing? Lawrence:
A dairy maid can be happy; but she's not obliged to smile when she's wretched. The fortunate must pay their debt. A great lady must never been seen without a smile
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You paint me as a happy mother
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I'm not very happy
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I'm scarcely a mother
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The child hardly knows me
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When he's five he's to have a tutor
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but after that he's to go to Eton
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He's never really been mine
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And yet I smile because I'm supposed to be happy
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No Lady Rohan you smile because you're fortunate
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Aren't they the same thing
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A dairy maid can be happy
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but she's not obliged to smile when she's retched
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The fortunate must pay their debt
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Movie Summary
After a brutish, hedonistic Marquis marries a pretty young Clarissa to act as a 'brood sow,' he begins an affair with her friend who plots to take her place.
