Covington Cross (TV Series)

The Plague (1992)

James Faulkner: John Mullens

Quotes 

• John Mullens : The spread of this God-forsaken disease must stop. Make certain everything is burned... and everyone exterminated.

• John Mullens : You bring good news I hope.

  Lead Henchman : We've not found them tonight, me Lord, but tomorrow at first light...

  John Mullens : Tomorrow? You'll keep searching tonight.

  Lead Henchman : We can't find them in the dark.

  John Mullens : You can't seem to find them in the light!

• John Mullens : Your son happened to help some peasants escape from my land. He's given them refuge on yours.

  Sir Thomas Grey : Have they done something wrong?

  John Mullens : Not exactly.

  Sir Thomas Grey : If they're no longer on your property, what does it matter to you where they go?

  John Mullens : In ordinary circumstances, it wouldn't, but these particular peasants happen to carry... the plague. I'm concerned about it spreading and infecting every peasant in the land.

  Sir Thomas Grey : What concerns you is that if your villagers die, you'll have no one to work your fields and bring in your crops.

• Cedric Grey : Don't you dare touch them or...

  John Mullens : Or what?

  Sir Thomas Grey : Or you risk being infected yourself.

  John Mullens : Me? Catch the plague? I can't - I'm a nobleman. Only the poor and retched die from it.

  Sir Thomas Grey : My wife died from it.