Tess (1979)

Tony Church: Parson Tringham

Quotes 

• Parson Tringham : I made a discovery about you, while tracing some family trees for our new county history. I'm an antiquarian, you know. You, Durbeyfield, are directly descended from the knightly house of the d'Urbervilles. Did you really not know that?

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  John Durbeyfield : Good night, t'ee.

  Parson Tringham : Good night, Sir John.