Lady Conway Quotes in Mrs Henderson Presents (2005)

Laura Henderson: [at Mrs. Henderson's husband's funeral] I'm bored with widowhood.

Lady Conway: My dear, you've just scratched the surface.

Laura Henderson: I have to smile at everybody. I've never had to smile at everybody. In India, there were always people to look down on.

Lady Conway: People are merely being sympathetic. After all, you have lost your husband.

Laura Henderson: Well I didn't mislay him! It was most inconsiderate of Robert to die. What on earth am I supposed to do now?

Lady Conway: It's really not so bad. Widows are allowed hobbies.

Laura Henderson: Hobbies?

Lady Conway: Yes. Embroidery, things like that.

Laura Henderson: Are you mad?

Lady Conway: I've graduated to weaving. Would you care to see my tapestries?

Laura Henderson: I'd rather drink ink.

Lady Conway: Committees are good of course. I serve on quite a few charities. Once your husband dies, it's quite permissible to help the poor. And now, there's no one to stop you buying things. Also, of course, there's a great deal of time for lovers.

Laura Henderson: Margot, I'm nearly 70!

Lady Conway: That's true, but you're also very rich. The one cancels out the other.

Lady Conway: Adolescents and women in their eighth decade are strikingly similar.

Lady Conway: You obviously require a battle plan. My second husband, the general, always advocated attacking from the rear, which, although it did nothing to enhance our marriage, did bring him some success on the field.

[talking to the girls]

Lady Conway: I quite understand what you were feeling. I myself have exhibited my breasts. I was at a party at Antibes with the Duchess of Denby and Countess Volpe, and we took off our blouses - in private, of course - and looked at each other's titties.

[laughs]

Lady Conway: My, how we laughed!