Covington Cross (TV Series)

The Persecution (1992)

Jonathan Firth: Richard Grey

Quotes 

• [after rescuing Rachel from rock-throwing villagers, Richard tends to her bruises and hurts her still more] 

  Richard Grey : Sorry.

  Rachel : It is I who should be sorry. You were nearly killed because of me.

  Richard Grey : Hardly. My head is much too thick for a mere stone.

• [Richard puts his hands over Rachel's eyes] 

  Richard Grey : Guess who? And for every wrong answer, I want a kiss.

  Rachel : King Edward?

  Richard Grey : Wrong - that's one kiss.

  Rachel : Ah, the Pope?

  Richard Grey : That's two.

  Rachel : The bravest, most handsome man in all of England.

  Richard Grey : You peaked!

• Armus Grey : Tell me about Rachel.

  Richard Grey : What about her?

  Armus Grey : Where did you meet?

  Richard Grey : In a small village half a day's ride from here.

  Armus Grey : What were the circumstances of your meeting?

  Richard Grey : She needed help. She was being attacked by villagers. Why are you asking me these questions?

  Armus Grey : She's been accused of witchcraft.

• Armus Grey : You must admit some pretty strange, bizarre things have happened since she arrived here.

  Richard Grey : Every one can be explained by coincidence.

  Armus Grey : And the coincidences continue to multiply!

  Richard Grey : Intelligent Armus; learned Armus - is it possible you've allowed ignorance and superstition to cloud your judgment?

  Armus Grey : More likely you've been blinded by love.

  Richard Grey : You're condemning a young girl you barely even know.

  Armus Grey : I have not condemned, I've questioned.

  Richard Grey : It is the asking of the question itself that indicts, brother!

• Richard Grey : [speaking to Sir Thomas]  My father taught me to believe in the goodness of mankind, not ignorance and superstition; to defend the weak and those unable to defend themselves, to judge people not by what others might say about them, but by their own deeds. My father would have chosen the valiant part, no matter how difficult the journey.