Screen Two (TV Series)

Persuasion (1995)

Samuel West: Mr. Elliot

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• Mr Elliot : Have you thought any more about my offer?

  Anne : What offer was that?

  Mr Elliot : My offer to flatter and adore you all the days of your life.

  Anne : I haven't had a moment, Mr Elliot, to turn my mind to it.

• Anne Elliot : You presume to know me very well, Mr Elliot.

  Mr. Elliot : In my heart I know you intimately.

• William Elliot : Good company is always worth seeking. They may be nothing in themselves, but, they will collect good company around them.

  Anne Elliot : My idea of good company, Mr Elliot, is the fellowship of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation and a liberality of ideas. That's what I call good company.

  William Elliot : That is not good company. That is the best. Good company requires only birth, education and manners. And with regard to education, it is not very particular.

• Anne Elliot : You presume to know me very well, Mr Elliot.

  William Elliot : In my heart, I know you - intimately.