You can’t possibly expect me to claim that child as mine now. I don’t. I don’t. I want a divorce, Clifford. I’m leaving you. No. No, you can’t. Look, I’m so sorry about how this has all turned out, but we both know that this marriage has been very unhappy for a long time now. It hasn’t been. Not for me. Well, yes. Because you laid out all the rules. And I tried to follow them. I tried to support you in every way I could. But you gave me nothing in return. Not the slightest drop of affection or kindness. And what’s worse, you made me feel ashamed for even wanting those things.
Emma Corrin as Lady Chatterley in Lady Chatterley’s Lover (2022) dir. Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre