Merivel Quotes in Restoration (1995)

Merivel: A most lavish affair! Who is to be married?

King: Celia Clemence.

Merivel: I understood she was your mistress!

King: Then you understood right, Merivel... Miss Clemence is to be married and seemingly dispatched out of London with her husband, while in fact, I secrete her near the river in Kew - the better to sport with her unobserved... For her husband, I need a man who is far too enamored of women in general to make the mistake of loving one in particular...