- Mrs Arbuthnot: I'm on my way to the television room. It takes me a long time to get there, so I leave a bit before everyone else. We take our coffee there and watch the latest serial on the telly. I'd be glad if you joined me, if you're not faint of heart.
- Mrs Palfrey: Well... , what on earth do you watch? One of those gruesome American things?
- Mrs Arbuthnot: Yes, "Sex and the City". I watch it in weekly doses, like a medicine. It makes me feel better knowing I'm not going to be around much longer.
- Mrs Arbuthnot: Good evening, I'm Elvira Arbuthnot. I thought of introducing myself and coming to your rescue.
- Mrs Palfrey: Thank you. I'm Sarah Palfrey.
- Mrs Arbuthnot: I know. Rule number one: We underdress for dinner here. An attempt to blend in with the surroundings.
- Ludo: You know, I'm enjoying this too much. Do you think that is wicked?
- Mrs Palfrey: No. Enjoy it as much as you can. I've never enjoyed myself more... with my clothes on.
- Ludo: [voice over] Even the most romantic aspects of her life were framed in a square of her realistic practicality. She knew there were signs to move on. However, the question this time was where to and what for?
- Ludo: [voice over] She danced around her memories with the agile step of a young girl, her stories became vivid to the young couple's eyes, and all of a sudden the past became the present - for a little while.
- Ludo: [voice over] She began to run out of excuses or explanations for why her grandson never called when suddenly she realized that nobody ever called.
- Ludo: [voice over] It took her several drafts to write the perfect letter to her daughter, expressing, with restraint, her concern for Desmond's silence as, at many other times in her life, she questioned how the letter would be interpreted. Would she appear needy, or lonely, or both?
- [First lines]
- Ludo: [voice over] She came from a world of sensible choices. Nothing in her life had prepared her for the loud confusion of her unexpected present.
- Ludo: It's very important to praise people a lot early on. Otherwise they might die of disappintment.
- Ludo: Not just me. Anyone.
- Mrs Palfrey: Well, there isn't anyone else at the moment. You're the only one I can think of.
- Ludo: I... haven't many friends myself. One needs money to have friends.
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By what name was Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont (2005) officially released in India in English?
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