Covington Cross (TV Series)

Armus Returns (1992)

Nigel Terry: Sir Thomas Grey

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Sir Thomas Grey : Friar! Friar!

  Friar : My lord?

  Sir Thomas Grey : I need a prayer.

  Friar : A prayer?

  Sir Thomas Grey : Yes, a prayer. You pray, don't you, Friar?

  Friar : Of course, my lord. Any particular sort of prayer?

  Sir Thomas Grey : My family is off to Sussex. The Duke of Arondale, the depositor of the king's taxes, is there.

  Friar : Oh, good.

  Sir Thomas Grey : It's taxes, Friar. What could be good about it? Everybody comes from around the county, sips spiced wine, pretends to like each other and then leaves large sums of money they can ill afford.

  Friar : I see what you mean.

  Sir Thomas Grey : A traveling prayer would be in order, you know the usual thing - good weather, safe journey - whatever else you can think of.

  Friar : Of course.

  Sir Thomas Grey : And, ah, Friar, perhaps you could say another as well for my sons Armus and William. They're off to war. I worry for them. I miss them.

  Friar : I'll pray the best prayer I can pray for them, Sir Thomas.

  Sir Thomas Grey : No doubt you will, Friar, and while you're at it, might as well mention something about the damned taxes!

• Lady Elizabeth : Have we remained a decent amount of time?

  Sir Thomas Grey : No, but we shall leave anyway. If we remain much longer we run the risk of death by extreme boredom.

• Bandit #1 : We have it all.

  Bandit Leader : Do we? I don't see the good duke's contribution. I'm sure it was an oversight. You've a lot on your mind right now. Oh yes, the rate has risen this year, unfortunately. I'm afraid we'll be taking, well, just about everything you own, actually.

  Duke of Arondale : A shilling is more than you'll get from this house.

  Bandit Leader : A man of principle. I admire that. Kill him.

  Sir Thomas Grey : It's not worth your life, your grace.

  Duke of Arondale : Yes, you're right, of course.

  Bandit Leader : Let him go. Isn't tax season just hell?

• [the bandit leader discovers his avenue of escape has been cut off by the king's men] 

  Bandit Leader : [to the Duke]  The escape tunnel - where is it? I'll rip out your gullet with my fingers, I swear!

  Sir Thomas Grey : Problem?

• John Mullens : Your son has violated my daughter!

  Sir Thomas Grey : Leave my son alone.

  John Mullens : And watch him ruin her? Not in this lifetime.

  Sir Thomas Grey : Your lifetime may have become quite short.