SANDITON 2x05 SENTENCE STARTERS.
change pronouns and gendered nouns as necessary.
βit has been weeks since your last letter.β
βi cannot stay here, ____.β
βi was willing to give him my heart. my life.β
βmy mind is made up, i leave tomorrow. what is left for me here?β
βwhatever pain you feel now, in time, it will pass.β
β_____ doesnβt deserve to be spoken of with such contempt.β
βyou look uncommonly pale.β
βi must confess my thoughts are wayward. i cannot explain it.β
βperhaps ____ simply ran out of things to say. it happens in every marriage.β
βi have acted so foolishly.β
βseek her out. explain yourself.β
βa frank apology is the remedy that she needs.β
βyouβre tiring me with all these questions.β
βyou have not one word to say?β
βtell him i cannot see him.β
βhe cannot be the only reason for you to be here.β
βa friend would oblige me with the truth, not enjoy secret laughter at my expense.β
βwhat does it matter now? the damage is done.β
βi hope you will forgive me for my part in the deceit.β
βi donβt suppose you would mindβ¦ chaperoning me?β
βi cannot regret the intention of my words, but i regret the way i expressed them.β
βis that an apology?β
βthen it seems you have some thinking ahead of you.β
βthere is a certain alchemy that occurs when a painter and a sitter are alone.β
βi am the winner, am i not?β
βexcuse me, iβm very tired all of a sudden.β
βiβm sorry this is such an ordeal.β
βi know iβm the last person you would seek comfort from now, but i know you better than anyone.β
βit frightens me to see you like this.β
βiβm just a little dizzy, thatβs all.β
βdonβt feign shock, ____, you agreed to this.β
βi didnβt agree to poison her!β
βthis seems especially cruel, ____, even for you.β
βthereβs something different about you tonight. a new brightness in your eyes.β
βhis shame, not mine. why should i hide away?β
β_____ tells me there will be some highly eligible gentlemen here.β
βi hope that you will be dancing this evening.β
β_____, permit me the honor of the first dance.β
βdoes that suggest you have been giving some thought to your future, ____?β
βfor my own pride, i cannot let this stand.β
βi am hardly inclined to believe you since you have made no attempt to explain your actions.β
βi beg you, do me the honor of the next dance.β
βi will not dance with you.β
βi came only to say i was fool enough to indulge your falsehoods, but please consider your behavior. perhaps you may spare the next girl.β
βshe bears you no more love than i do.β
βi trust you are having a pleasant evening.β
βshe did very well to interrupt us, i did not like that dance at all.β
βcome, we must go before you humiliate yourself further.β
βi donβt know what kind of spell youβve put on him.β
βiβ¦ you know i do not dance.β
βwere you going to tell me?β
βthis is me telling you.β
βso this is goodbye?β
β_____, there you are! i thought youβd disappeared.β
βi cannot explain the effect youβve had, ____, on all of us.β
βyou will think of something, ____. you always do.β
βwhat would i do without you, _____?β
βyou are allowed to have feelings for another man. that is not a betrayal.β
βyou surprise me constantly.β
βnothing would delight me so much as to be constant to you.β
βi wish you to be my wife.β
βi thought iβd been clear. i do not wish to marry.β
βi play no game. i am perfectly serious.β
βlove will grow if you let it.β
βi know who i am. iβve never pretended to be anyone else.β
βwhat is it? what did he say to you?β
βabandoned and in want of friends again, i see.β
βhow do you always find the most perfect words of comfort?β
βwe are at a ball, you are wearing the most beautiful gown here, and i must insist we dance.β
βyou are mocking me once again.β
βsimple is not plain. true beauty needs no adornment.β
βi say to you now in all sincerity that you have never looked lovelier.β
βthat is worth all the more, coming from the rudest man i know.β
βthis is what i tried to warn you of.β
βyou didnβt warn me of anything.β
βyou ordered me to avoid him and gave no reason.β
βmy only thought was to protect you from a man i knew to be dangerous.β
βhe told me you were not to be trusted.β
βi have had enough of these endless riddles and evasions, of trying to find meaning in your silences.β
βthis is not the place.β
βi must know who you are.β
βhow i will miss your sense of humor.β
βi was not expecting you.β
βiβll tell you everything tomorrow.β
βi would never harm him, iβm comforting him!β
βi never thought what strangers she and i had become.β
βthe words i spoke torment me to this day.β
βi so wanted to tell you, but i was afraid of what you would think of me.β
βyou should not endure such recrimination after so long. forgive yourself.β