Cold Comfort Farm (1995 TV Movie)

Kate Beckinsale: Flora Poste

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• Flora Poste : Highly sexed young men living on farms are always called Seth or Reuben.

• Mrs. Smiling : I mean there probably isn't even a bathroom.

  Flora Poste : It is Sussex, for goodness' sake.

• Flora Poste : Jane Austen and I have so much in common - neither of us can endure mess.

• Charles : Do you ever think of getting married?

  Flora Poste : I believe in arranged marriages, don't you?

  Charles : Rather out of date.

  Flora Poste : Not at all. I've always like the phrase, "A marriage has been arranged." When I feel like it, I'll arrange one.

• Flora Poste : Besides, I want to learn about *real* life.

  Charles : What for?

  Flora Poste : To put it in books.

• Flora Poste : It was winter. The grimmest hour of the darkest day of the year. The Golden Orb had almost disappeared behind the interlacing fingers of the hawthorn.

• Flora Poste : When I am 53, I hope to write a novel as good as "Persuasion," but in a modern setting.

• Flora Poste : Nature's all very well in her place, but she musn't be allowed to make things untidy.

• Flora Poste : I try to bring people around to the higher common sense.

• Charles : If you get bored, where ever you are, phone. I'll come and rescue you in my plane.

  Flora Poste : Have you a plane, Charles?

  Charles : Ummmm. A Belisha Bat called Speed Cop II.

  Flora Poste : Are you sure an embryo parson have a plane?

  Charles : Everyone should have a plane.

  Flora Poste : [laughing]  Really, Charles!

• Mrs. Smiling : Of course you may stay here as long as you like. But I expect you should want to find some work to earn enough for a flat of your own.

  Flora Poste : Work! What kind of work?

  Mrs. Smiling : Oh, it's been ages since I've done any, but there must be something that would do... bookkeeping... beekeeping...

• Flora Poste : Bull's out. Is that bad?

• Flora Poste : What a pleasant life might be had in this world by a handsome, sensible old lady of good fortune blessed with a sound constitution and a firm will.

• Flora Poste : I'm willing to bet there are also cousins called Seth and Reuben.

  Mrs. Smiling : Why?

  Flora Poste : Highly sexed young men living on a farm are always called Seth or Reuben.

• Flora Poste : Then, you have no idea what you're going to say before you get there?

  Amos Starkadder : Aye. I always know it'll be something about burnin'.

• Flora Poste : Oh Charles. You do have heavenly teeth

  Charles : Come on.

• Reuben Starkadder : I don't suppose you'd marry me?

  Flora Poste : Oh Reuben that is nice of you.

  Reuben Starkadder : Oh I mean it, Miss Poste. I like your pretty ways.

  Flora Poste : I like yours too.