- I'm afraid the mud pits have stiffened my knees, royal one.
- Shall I call back the guards?
- Do you think they could bend them?
10 seconds sound clip from the The Ten Commandments (1956) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:16:01.050 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- No, not that one. The very dirty one there. Yes, that one. He may serve my purpose.
- Out of the way! Back to work! Clear a path!
- Is that what you want? To be a slave? Then why aren't you kneeling at the feet of a princess?
- I'm afraid the mud pits have stiffened my knees, royal one.
- Shall I call back the guards?
- Do you think they could bend them?
- Oh, Moses! Moses! You stubborn, splendid, adorable fool.
- I'm not kneeling to a princess.
- No. You are kneeling to a woman who's been worried about you day and night since you disappeared.
- What is there in the mud of these slave pits that could keep you from my arms?
- They may be your people, but do you have to wallow with them? Smell like them?
- If they are stained, it's with the mud of slavery. If they reek, it's with the stench of injustice.
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