Your father claims I have warned you against the dangers of marriage. (Lucrezia smiles) You have incurred his extreme displeasure. I think it might make him ill.
Well, then father and daughter will be ill together! the thought of marriage turns my stomach.
It's within his prerogative to marry you to whomever he may please.
Well, then let him do it. (flops back over her bed) And he can fish me out of the Tiber.
(looks at her) He's asked me to vet suitors on your behalf.
(sits up, looking offended) And you agreed?
More or less. (Lucrezia sighs angrily) At least it leaves you with a choice! (sits next to her daughter)
Mother, the man I married was a beast. I was little more than meat to him.
And yet, you took the stableboy as your lover. (they both smile)
Well, that was different.
Then, there is hope for you yet.
... I do not deny that the warm touch of a lover would ease the pain.
(takes Lucrezia by the chin and looks at her) So- all is not lost. (embraces her)
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