The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
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Oh, he's so tall...
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...and his nose curls up.
:25:06
His nose what?
:25:08
I mean, when he laughs,
his nose crinkles up like this.

:25:12
He laughs a lot, you know?
:25:15
Sometimes at me.
:25:17
Imagine. Oh, and he's handsome too,
no doubt.

:25:21
Oh, madam...
:25:24
...and his eyes are blue,
like cornflowers, only much nicer.

:25:30
And when he looks at me...
:25:36
Who is this paragon?
:25:38
Why, Sir Peter Finchley, Your Grace.
Don't you remember?

:25:42
Sir Peter Finchley?
Yes. Now I remember.

:25:45
A wide-shouldered rascal, and much better-
looking than any man has a right to be.

:25:51
With Baganold's forces in Ireland,
isn't he?

:25:54
- You want him home again, I suppose?
- Oh, more than anything in the world.

:26:00
He shall be recalled.
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I don't know how to thank Your Majesty.
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But it's doubtful if he'll come.
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I shall command it.
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And when he takes you
in his arms again...

:26:17
...thank heaven you're not a queen.
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But I thought to be a queen...
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To be a queen is to be less than human.
:26:28
To put pride before desire...
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...to search men's hearts for tenderness...
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...and find only ambition...
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...to cry out in the dark
for one unselfish voice...

:26:41
...hear only the dry rustle
of papers of state.

:26:46
To turn to one's beloved
with stars for eyes...

:26:51
...and have him see behind them
only the shadow of the executioner's block.

:26:58
A queen has no hour for love.

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