Ben Quote - Week Aug. 31 / She Walks in Beauty (again!)
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 6:44 am
From: She Walks in Beauty
Fiercely protective of the son he knows too well...
Regan: You really love this land of yours, don't you Mr. Cartwright?
Ben: Yes. Of course, I'm rather prejudiced in favor of the Ponderosa.
Regan: Hoss is too. He often speaks of it as if it were a woman.
Ben: Yes. Yes, Hoss loves it very much. Of course Hoss always sees everything with uncomplicated, honest eyes.
Regan: How do you think he sees me?
Ben: As the woman he wants to marry.
Regan: And how do you see me, Mr. Cartwright?
Ben: Well that depends upon which Regan Miller I'm looking at.
Regan: Well, do you approve of this Regan Miller or do you prefer my sister's version?
Ben: I would guess that the way you are now is the version that most men would know you as.
Regan: I see Adam has informed you of my infamous past. Did he also tell you what happened this afternoon?
Ben: Yes.
Regan: Well I can imagine what interpretation he put on it.
Ben: That's not important. What is important is Hoss. His happiness.
Regan: You don't think I can provide that happiness?
Ben: No, frankly I don't. But my son, unlike perhaps most men that you've known, gives his love freely, openly, honestly, without reservation. And even the knowledge of your past couldn't shake it.
Regan: If he can forgive that, why can't you?
Ben: I suppose I could if I thought that you'd really changed.
Regan: But you don't believe that?
Ben: No.
Regan: Well it doesn't really matter what you think, does it? Or Adam? Because Hoss will marry me anyway.
Ben: Yes. Yes, Hoss would marry you anyway. But the love that would forgive your mistakes in the past would never forgive you those same mistakes in the future.
Regan: I won't make any mistakes.
Ben: Won't you? Just this afternoon, Hoss saw you kiss Adam.
Regan: But, Hoss understood.
Ben: Did he? When Adam came home, Hoss almost killed him. Now what do you think would happen if you made that same mistake again?
Fiercely protective of the son he knows too well...
Regan: You really love this land of yours, don't you Mr. Cartwright?
Ben: Yes. Of course, I'm rather prejudiced in favor of the Ponderosa.
Regan: Hoss is too. He often speaks of it as if it were a woman.
Ben: Yes. Yes, Hoss loves it very much. Of course Hoss always sees everything with uncomplicated, honest eyes.
Regan: How do you think he sees me?
Ben: As the woman he wants to marry.
Regan: And how do you see me, Mr. Cartwright?
Ben: Well that depends upon which Regan Miller I'm looking at.
Regan: Well, do you approve of this Regan Miller or do you prefer my sister's version?
Ben: I would guess that the way you are now is the version that most men would know you as.
Regan: I see Adam has informed you of my infamous past. Did he also tell you what happened this afternoon?
Ben: Yes.
Regan: Well I can imagine what interpretation he put on it.
Ben: That's not important. What is important is Hoss. His happiness.
Regan: You don't think I can provide that happiness?
Ben: No, frankly I don't. But my son, unlike perhaps most men that you've known, gives his love freely, openly, honestly, without reservation. And even the knowledge of your past couldn't shake it.
Regan: If he can forgive that, why can't you?
Ben: I suppose I could if I thought that you'd really changed.
Regan: But you don't believe that?
Ben: No.
Regan: Well it doesn't really matter what you think, does it? Or Adam? Because Hoss will marry me anyway.
Ben: Yes. Yes, Hoss would marry you anyway. But the love that would forgive your mistakes in the past would never forgive you those same mistakes in the future.
Regan: I won't make any mistakes.
Ben: Won't you? Just this afternoon, Hoss saw you kiss Adam.
Regan: But, Hoss understood.
Ben: Did he? When Adam came home, Hoss almost killed him. Now what do you think would happen if you made that same mistake again?