Lark Rise to Candleford (TV Series)

Episode #4.1 (2011)

Ruby Bentall: Minnie Mude

Quotes 

• [Dorcas and Minnie are watching Gabriel Cochrane working in the forge] 

  Minnie : Ma'am, he is a "man" man, isn't he?

  Dorcas Lane : If, by that, you mean Mr Cochrane is manly, then yes, he has a certain presence about him.

  Minnie : Men are better when they're men, aren't they, Ma'am?

  Dorcas Lane : There is an advantage, to a woman's eye, when a man has a certain... potency about him, yes.

  Minnie : Do you like men who are men, Ma'am?

  Dorcas Lane : I *am* a woman.

  Minnie : Do you like Mr Cochrane, Ma'am?

  Dorcas Lane : Minnie, I think this conversation has gone far enough. Sometimes you forget the bounds of your station.

  Minnie : But don't you think he'll want a new wife, Ma'am?

  Dorcas Lane : Minnie, that is enough. Mr Cochrane is still grieving his loss. You must not think such thoughts, and you must certainly never mention such insensitivities. Keep to your place, girl.

  Minnie : [contritely]  Yes, Ma'am.