POLDARK SENTENCE STARTERS (26/?)
from season 3, episode 8. amend wording as needed!
“what is my offense, [NAME]?”
“perhaps i was wrong in challenging you so vigorously.”
“i have called on a personal matter…”
“what i have to say must be utterly confidential.”
“i would remind you you are pledged to secrecy.”
“i would remind you that i am a gentleman, sir.”
“the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak!”
“my dear, what an age it’s been!”
“forgive me, i was disagreeably detained.”
“you take a very sour view of marriage.”
“in love we keep company with the gods.”
“if you had any sense, you’d be roughin’ and tumblin’ about the meadow with that pretty boy.”
“ ‘tis as good a way as any to drive off heartache.”
“do i look like the marrying kind?”
“as i see it, a girl’s only power be when she have men dangling on a string.”
“as i see it, a girl’s only power be when she have men dangling on a string. once they get her, the string’s round her neck.”
“i sympathize. your dilemma is acute.”
“... i begin to comprehend your purpose.”
“are you here to congratulate me?”
“you will do no such thing.”
“have you been here all this time?”
“why would you not come have a drink with us?”
“walk me home… and mind you don’t lay your hands on me behind a hedge.”
“i disapprove of libraries. the danger of exposing uninstructed minds to ideas beyond their scope.”
“i shall be going alone.”
“every husband needs time away from his wife and children.”
“you have my list of instructions?”
“what part of my orders is unclear?”
“i suspicion what you want… is me.”
“i’ve rolled in the hay fields with many a man.”
“i’m happy in my sin, as you’re happy in your goodness.”
“you’re a rare good man… but not for the likes of me.”
“i confess, i’d hoped to see you stronger.”
“do you still think of him?”
“you mustn’t ask me that.”
“may i tell him that i’ve seen you?”
“tell him i do not forget him, and never will.”
“if anything, she grows worse.”
“i wonder if it’s wise to pander to hysterics…”
“it’s only a small gathering. no need to get fligged up.”
“whatever was between us is long past.”
“do you think me a monster?”
“you’re the one person who can do this.”
“you left me in no doubt that night.”
“i’d sooner make a wheel than learn stupid latin declensions!”
“you’re learning how to be a gentleman.”
“she asked me to give you a message.”
“what did you find there?”
“for the first time in years, we talked.”
“i love her. not as i did… but with fondness. the ghost of a love.”
“my conscience is sore, for i treated her ill.”
“fifteen years ago i’d have given the earth for her.”
“i have changed. because of you.”
“i am wholly aware of my capabilities.”
“i am wholly aware of my capabilities. i am also aware they are not for sale.”
“you and i have something in common.”
“how can you lose what you’ve never had?”
“you think i idolize her?”
“it is not perfection that i seek. it is flesh and blood.”
“i think i should like some more port.”
“take all the time you need.”
“nothing matters more than your well-being.”
“why do i think you’re not very interested in this story?”
“should you like me to sit on your lap?”
“i have nothing to tell. do you?”
“i wish i could be two people.”
“i know who it is who truly owns my heart.”
“just be patient with me. as i have been patient with you.”
