Lord Bayford quotes from Damsel (2024)

View Quote [To Elodie] I have made a match. A prince.

View Quote [To Elodie] We need this. Our stores are empty. We will not make it to the thaw. Your people need you. This is who we are.

View Quote Elodie. Can you hear me? I have made a horrible, horrible mistake. To sacrifice the one thing I love most. To trade your life for the good of my people. I thought I could take the gold. That I could live with myself. My choice. But I can't. I can't.

View Quote Floria: [Putting a necklace on Elodie] It's perfect. Everything in here is so perfect. [They both laugh with Lady Bayford bursting in their quarters]
Elodie: Stepmother. Is something the matter?
Lady Bayford: Elodie. I know we haven't always been close, but I need you to listen to me now. This wedding... is a mistake.
Floria: What?
Elodie: I don't understand.
Lady Bayford: These people, I don't trust them. It's hard to explain, but a mother knows these things.
Floria: Only yesterday, you were enamored by this place.
Elodie: Floria.
Lady Bayford: I was wrong. They may be royalty, but that doesn't make them good people.
Elodie: Well, what does father think?
Lady Bayford: He refuses to talk about it. And when I try to tell him my worries, he snaps at me.
Floria: That's because you're being unreasonable.
Elodie: That's enough, Flor'.
Lady Bayford: Elodie, I swear, I only want what's best for you.
Lord Bayford: [Appears in quarters] Am I interrupting something?
Elodie: No. Just... girl talk.
Lord Bayford: Well, tomorrow's a big day, and these girls need their rest.
Lady Bayford: Think about what I said. There's still time.
Lord Bayford: Time for what? [Lady Bayford gets up and walks to Lord Bayford]
Lady Bayford: [To Lord Bayford] I hope you know what you're doing. [Walks on]
Lord Bayford: Good night, my angels.
Elodie and Floria: Good night, father.
Lord Bayford: Good night. [Walks on]

View Quote Lord Bayford: What do you think Ellie?
Elodie: I think I had a rather limited definition of wealthy.