Waterloo (I) (1970)

Susan Wood: Sarah

Quotes 

• Sarah : General Picton doesn't know how to walk in a ballroom.

  Duke of Wellington : But he is very good when he is dancing with the French.

• Sarah : Mama, Iggy has promised to bring me a cuirassier's helmet to use as a work basket - without blood in it, Mama.

  Duchess of Richmond : And one for me, young man - *with* the blood.

  Sir William Ponsonby : And where do you plan to stick your Frenchman, Hay?

  Lord Richard Hay : I thought under the right arm, sir.

  Sarah : See? He has it all planned.

  General Sir Thomas Picton : When you meet a cuirassier beam-to-beam, you'll be lucky if you bring away your life with you, never mind his helmet. Boy, you'll learn the art of fighting from the French.

• Sarah : When we get to Paris, let me look at Napoleon. I promise I won't get too near. Mama admires him.

  Duchess of Richmond : I am a little bit of a Bonapartist.

  Sarah : Is it true what they say, that he's a monster?

  Duke of Wellington : He eats laurels and drinks blood.

  Duchess of Richmond : And when, my dear Arthur, will you venture into his lair?