Melanie Lynskey: Jacqueline
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Quotes
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King Francis : Baroness. Did you or did you not lie to Her Majesty, the Queen of France?
Queen Marie : Choose your words wisely, madame, for they may be your last.
Baroness Rodmilla De Ghent : [nervously] A woman would do practically anything for the love of a daughter, Your Majesties. Perhaps I did get... a little carried away.
Marguerite : Mother, what have you done? Your Majesty, like you, I am just a victim here. She has lied to us both, and I am ashamed to call her family!
Baroness Rodmilla De Ghent : [pushes her] How dare you turn on me, you little ingrate?
Marguerite : You see? You see what I have to put up with?
King Francis : Silence, both of you! Good Lord!
[to Jacqueline]
King Francis : Are they always like this?
Jacqueline : Worse, Your Majesty.
Baroness Rodmilla De Ghent : Jacqueline, *darling*, I'd hate to think you had anything to do with this.
Jacqueline : [pointedly] 'Course not, Mother. I'm only here for the food.
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[Jacqueline washes Danielle's back where she was whipped; Danielle gasps]
Jacqueline : [sympathetically] Oh! Now, you really brought this upon yourself, you know. Hmm? First with breakfast, and then that horrid display downstairs.
Danielle : I don't know what's come over me.
Jacqueline : [smiles] Of course, I shall never forget the way Marguerite's feet went up over her head like that!
[they both giggle; then Jacqueline turns somber]
Jacqueline : She should not have said that about your mother.
[pause]
Danielle : Thank you.
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Jacqueline : I wanted to be the peacock!
Baroness Rodmilla De Ghent : Honestly, Jacqueline, the horse is one of God's noblest creatures.
Jacqueline : [sarcastically] Oh, well why don't I just pull the carriage while I'm at it?
Baroness Rodmilla De Ghent : If you think it will get us there any faster...
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Jacqueline : Mother, it's only a ball.
Baroness Rodmilla De Ghent : Yes, and you're only going for the food.
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Baroness Rodmilla De Ghent : Marguerite, precious, what do I always say about tone?
Jacqueline : A lady of breeding ought never to raise her voice any louder than the... gentle hum of a whisper in the wind.
Baroness Rodmilla De Ghent : Jacqueline, dear, do not speak unless you can improve the silence.
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Baroness Rodmilla De Ghent : Jacqueline, go and boil some water.
Jacqueline : Me? Boil water?... Oh I knew it! I just knew it!
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Jacqueline : Marguerite gets to do everything.
Marguerite : Oh, don't be daft, Jacqueline, the Queen doesn't even know you exist.
Baroness Rodmilla De Ghent : What Marguerite does is for all of us, my dear. We are counting on you to help her get ready.
Jacqueline : Lovely. Next thing you know I shall be cleaning the fireplace with Danielle.
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Jacqueline : Next thing you know I shall be cleaning the fireplace with Danielle.
Rodmilla : Where is that girl?
Marguerite : Probably off catching rabbits with her teeth.
