Lee Coulter quotes from When Calls the Heart

Elizabeth Thatcher

Gentlemen! How fortunate to find you all together!

Bill Avery

How can we help you, Miss Thatcher?

Elizabeth Thatcher

I am here on official Christmas business.

Which is?

Elizabeth Thatcher

Well, so far none of the men in this town have stepped forward to play Santa on Christmas Eve. So I don't care how you boys do it. Just find someone to volunteer.

Yes, ma'am.

Bill Avery

Gentlemen! How're we gonna settle this?

Darts.

Loser wears the big red suit.

So who goes first?

Bill Avery

I feel lucky.

Well, I guess we know who's playing Santa.

That poem! I gave it to Cody to give to Frank; it was supposed to be from Abigail!

Excuse me?

I am not going to be Santa Claus!

Oh, that is so sweet, Lee. Like you think you actually have a choice!

Bill Avery

I have a favor to ask....I need to leave someone in charge.

OK. In charge of what?

Bill Avery

Of the town, as acting sheriff.

[laughs] Me?! Oh, you're serious. Uh no, Bill, that's really not my thing.

Bill Avery

It's no one's thing until it is.

Carson Shepherd

People are getting sick!

Four people have gotten sick, and you don't even know if they're related. Rosemary made me chili last week and I was sick for four days. [pause] You cannot tell her I said that.

Hello, boys. What's up?

Lee, I have an announcement.

Elizabeth Thatcher

Jack and I are getting married.

That's not exactly big news.

In two weeks.

Two weeks?!

Elizabeth Thatcher

I'd like you both to be my matrons of honor.

Abigail Stanton

Oh, Elizabeth, of course!

And I would like you both to be my best men.

Wow, oh, OK.

Two weeks? No, that's not enough time to plan a wedding of this magnitude.

Abigail Stanton

I'm sure we can get it done.

Bill Avery

Well, I guess we better start planning a bachelor party.

Oh, no, I'm not sure about--

You're gonna have one!

Bill, I have missed your chili. You know, if you're stuck for a wedding gift, I want you to teach Elizabeth how to make it.

Bill Avery

You asking me to give up my secret family recipe?

Uh...

Bill Avery

Well, consider it done. Elizabeth is family.

So what does that make you, black sheep?

Listen, I hate to spring this on you, but Rosemary's kinda been on me about this, um...

What are they?

Color schemes, for the wedding.

Color schemes, for th--I didn't even know weddings had color schemes.

Well, it'll affect which suit you wear.

I'm not wearing a suit. I'm a Mountie, I'm gonna get married in my uniform.

Uh, does Elizabeth know that that's what you wanna wear?

We haven't even talked about it.

Well, you might wanna talk about it. Soon. Color scheme's important.