Robin Hood (TV Series)

Lord of the Trees (1984)

Philip Jackson: Abbot Hugo de Rainault

Quotes 

• Bertrand de Nivelle : Watch your tongue, priest.

  Abbot Hugo de Rainault : Don't you speak to me like that.

  Bertrand de Nivelle : I'll speak to you as I like, as I speak to any man - even one in skirts.

  Abbot Hugo de Rainault : I'll have you excommunicated!

  Bertrand de Nivelle : Too late. It's already been done.

• Sir Guy of Gisburne : Save me! Save me!

  Abbot Hugo de Rainault : Save you? What are you talking about?

  Sir Guy of Gisburne : The forest. The trees... The trees!

  Abbot Hugo de Rainault : Save you from the trees? Have you been drinking?

• Sir Guy of Gisburne : I'm surprised you're so complacent about it. I thought the Church was supposed to condemn witchcraft!

  Abbot Hugo de Rainault : We're not talking about witchcraft, Gisburne! As long as they come to Mass, have their children baptized, are married and buried as Christians, I'm not too bothered what they get up to. You leave well alone, Gisburne. Or you may find the old gods aren't quite as dead as you think.

  Sir Guy of Gisburne : Dead? They never existed!

• Bertrand de Nivelle : Your servant, my lord, Bertrand de Nivelle.

  Abbot Hugo de Rainault : Yes, I've heard of you.

  Sir Guy of Gisburne : One of the finest soldiers in Europe.

  Abbot Hugo de Rainault : And one of the richest.

  Bertrand de Nivelle : That's true. Fighting is nearly as profitable as praying.