Princess Elspeth Quotes in Dragonslayer (1981)

Princess Elspeth: [Princess Elspeth visits Galen in her father's dungeon] ... Please don't think ill of us. Father is a wise and evenhanded man. He's...

[She notices a wound across Galen's temple]

Princess Elspeth: ... What happened to you?

Galen: [sullen] Nothing. Just some of your father's... evenhandedness.

Princess Elspeth: It... it's better for everyone this way. A king must protect his people.

Galen: Naturally. Just as he protects his daughter.

Princess Elspeth: What do you mean by that? Are you referring to the lottery?

Galen: You don't have to pretend, not to me, not down here. Everyone knows how this... choosing works. The families with money, royal connections... You've participated in a lie, and you know it.

Princess Elspeth: ...I have to go now.

[she seeks out her father, who is vainly trying to make gold out of lead with Galen's amulet]

Princess Elspeth: ... Father! Did you know that some families have paid bribes to stay out of the lottery?

Casiodorus Rex: [not even looking at her] Nonsense.

Princess Elspeth: ...Have you ever kept my name off the lottery list?

Casiodorus Rex: What are you suggesting?

Princess Elspeth: Am I not exposed to the same risk as every other man's daughter?

Horsrik: There's been a loose tongue here somewhere, Sire.

Casiodorus Rex: [to Elspeth] Who fills your head with such ideas?

Princess Elspeth: [like a robot] Answer my question.

Casiodorus Rex: Please... don't... think of such things, I beg you.

Princess Elspeth: Answer me.

Casiodorus Rex: The answer is no. I - I mean, yes. Yes. You are a participant in the choosing. We have seen to that, of course. How could we not? Yes. The answer is yes.

Princess Elspeth: You're lying to me.