The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)

Madeleine Carroll: Princess Flavia

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• Princess Flavia : In my heart there is no King, no crown - only you!

• Princess Flavia : I sent for you to thank you... for the service you've done this kingdom and its king. No one can know better than I how conscientiously you've played your role. You even... You're hurt! They didn't tell me.

  Rudolph Rassendyll : My only hurt is the thought of the pain I've caused you. I love you. With my whole heart and soul, I love you. In all else I've been an impostor, but not in that. From the first moment I saw you in the cathedral... you've been the only woman in the world for me. As I stand now, I know there'll never be any other.

  Princess Flavia : It would have made no difference if I'd known. It was always you and never the king. Is it true that you're going home to England?

  Rudolph Rassendyll : Tonight. Come with me. I won't give you up. I won't let them stand in the way of our happiness!

  Princess Flavia : Oh, if I could...

  Rudolph Rassendyll : There's a world outside. Our world. And a throne for you, a woman's throne, in my heart.

  Princess Flavia : I want that. And you will always love me? Always, even as now?

  Rudolph Rassendyll : Always, always. Oh, my love, think. You'll be free. Free of all these cares and duties... to live your own life, as freely and joyously as... What is it, Flavia?

  Princess Flavia : I was born for those cares and duties, Rudolf. Help me to do what I was born to do. Help me to do what I must.

  Rudolph Rassendyll : But my dear, how can I? I love you.

  Princess Flavia : But is love the only thing? If love were all, I could follow you in rags to the end of the world. But if love were all, you would have left the king to die in his cell. Honor binds a woman too, Rudolf. My honor lies in keeping faith with my country and my house. I don't know why God has let me love you. But I know that I must stay.

  Princess Flavia : I was mad to ask you.

  Princess Flavia : For one lovely moment I, too, was mad.

  Rudolph Rassendyll : Never to see you again? Never to hold you? Never... My darling.

  Princess Flavia : Your heart will always be in my heart... and the touch of your lips on mine.

• Rudolph Rassendyll : But I've reformed.

  Princess Flavia : Almost beyond recognition. You seem to be an entirely different person.