Upstairs, Downstairs (TV Series)
Such a Lovely Man (1975)
David Langton: Richard Bellamy
Quotes
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Richard Bellamy : [after James has expressed concern over his stepmother's relationship with Paynter] Oh, she's perfectly safe with him.
James Bellamy : Sh- Why should you say that?
Richard Bellamy : Oh, for reasons I could not possibly mention to her.
James Bellamy : He's not married, is he?
Richard Bellamy : [Trying to be delicate] No, he's not the, uh, marrying sort.
James Bellamy : [Simon slowly realizes his father's meaning] Oh, you mean... ?
Richard Bellamy : [Nodding] Mmmh-hmm.
James Bellamy : Oh, I see.
Richard Bellamy : He's devoted to his mother.
[He rises and walks across the room]
Richard Bellamy : A great number of ladies have acted as his hostess at the table over the past ten years, and, I daresay. at least half of them expected to marry him, but I'm quite sure nothing would horrify him more thsn to have a woman permanently in his home or temporarily in his bed.