Miss Potter (2006): the Potters Have a Proposition

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Beatrix.
Beatrix, come and sit with us, please.
I'd rather not, Father.
We have something to discuss.
A proposition.
And, for heaven's sake, Beatrix. Let the servants carry your dishes.
Tea?
No, thank you.
Nonsense. You always take tea.
Contrary to what you think and what you have so vehemently
expressed, your mama and I want you to be happy.
We simply doubt that this marriage will do the trick.
Helen, please. Sit down, Beatrix.
What we don't want is for you to rush into something
which you may later wish to reconsider.
I won't want to reconsider.
We are not convinced.
Helen, please.
We are not convinced. Yet, neither have we hearts of stone.
Therefore, this is what we propose.
You may accept Mr. Warne,
but it must remain a complete secret even from his own family.
Now, this summer, yourself, Mama and I will go,
as always, to the Lake District.
If, at the end of the summer, you still wish to proceed,
then we will announce your engagement
and you can marry with our blessing and our love.
Why must no one know?
So there'll be no public embarrassment when you change.
If, If you change your mind.
If.
Now, Beatrix, if you care for this man as much as you say you do,
then in a few months the ardour will still be there.
If your mother, and I, are correct, and this emotion cools with time,
then we will have protected you against humiliation and unhappiness.

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