The Handmaid's Tale (TV Series)
Smart Power (2018)
Ann Dowd: Aunt Lydia Clements
Quotes
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June Osborne : You know that this can... be a difficult house. Children need to be in a safe place.
Aunt Lydia Clements : I know what children need.
June Osborne : Did anyone ever ask you to be a godmother? In the time before?
Aunt Lydia Clements : I will make allowances for girls in your condition, but... insolence is not permitted.
June Osborne : This baby is gonna come into this house... very soon. And in my experience, any man who would hurt a woman would hurt a child.
Aunt Lydia Clements : What are you saying?
June Osborne : I'm saying... I'm saying this baby needs protection.
Aunt Lydia Clements : I would never ever... allow anything to happen to this baby.
June Osborne : Praised be. Aunt Lydia, thank you.
Aunt Lydia Clements : [picks up bag, starts out, then:] I was godmother to my sister's child. He died when he was four days old.
June Osborne : Sorry.
Aunt Lydia Clements : It wasn't my fault.