A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery (TV Series)
Strong Poison: Episode One (1987)
Harriet Walter: Harriet Vane
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Quotes
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Lord Peter Wimsey : I-I-I'm not, um, trying to blackmail you into matrimony. I mean, I would investigate this case for the fun of the thing.
Harriet Vane : That's very good of you.
Lord Peter Wimsey : No, no, no, not at all, it's my hobby. I mean investigating things, not proposing to people.
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Harriet Vane : Have I got this right? You are proposing marriage to me?
Lord Peter Wimsey : I don't positively repel you or anything like that, do I?
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[Peter is visiting Harriet in prison, meeting her for the first time]
Lord Peter Wimsey : But, um, you're not opposed to matrimony on principle? I mean if offered on terms not already compromised, and by the right person, naturally.
Harriet Vane : Oh, no.
Lord Peter Wimsey : Oh, that's good.
Harriet Vane : Might I ask why?
Lord Peter Wimsey : Makes it easier for me, you see.
Harriet Vane : [after a pause] Have I got this right? You are proposing marriage to me?
Lord Peter Wimsey : Absolutely right.
Harriet Vane : [laughing] Do you do this all the time, Lord Peter?
Lord Peter Wimsey : Only when I'm serious.
Harriet Vane : And you're serious now?
Lord Peter Wimsey : Oh, I know I've got a silly face, but I can't help that. And I am. Serious, I mean.
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Harriet Vane : Being a writer of detective fiction, I have naturally studied your career with interest.
Lord Peter Wimsey : Well, that's good, because then you'll understand that I'm not such an ass as I'm appearing at present.