long days will end

Celestine 2022-04-21 09:02:33

In terms of time, two times alternated. At the beginning, I almost didn't understand the English manor and the old-fashioned gentleman's demeanor. It's really elegant. Although he is a housekeeper, he never goes beyond his own duties. The male lead is really too restrained. My father died and I didn't have time to grieve. I've been busy all the time. The heroine suddenly (maybe not suddenly) left the day she cried so sad. The hero only talked about things at work. Is it friendship or love? Maybe we will never see each other again. Darlington is very good in the eyes of the male lead, but people outside the manor think he is a devil. Good wishes don't always have good consequences, right? I think I may also be an extreme person. The new manor owner has arrived. The past has become the past. I have time to make up the original. I hope I can understand more about what I didn’t understand.

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The Remains of the Day quotes

  • Miss Kenton: [about a new housemaid] You don't like having pretty girls on the staff, I've noticed.

    [teasing]

    Miss Kenton: Might it be that our Mr Stevens fears distraction? Can it be that our Mr Stevens is flesh and blood after all and doesn't trust himself?

    Stevens: [with the faintest trace of a smile] You know what I'm doing, Miss Kenton? I'm placing my thoughts elsewhere as you chatter away.

    Miss Kenton: ...then why is that guilty smile still on your face?

    Stevens: Oh it's not a guilty smile. I'm simply amused by the sheer nonsense you sometimes talk.

    Miss Kenton: It *is* a guilty smile. You can hardly bear to look at her. That's why you didn't want to take her on, she's too pretty.

    Stevens: Well, you must be right Miss Kenton, you always are.

  • Miss Kenton: I don't know what my future is. Ever since Katherine, my daughter, got married last year, my life has been empty. The years stretch before me and if only I knew how to fill them. But, I would like to be useful again.