Housemaster (1938)

Joyce Barbour: Barbara Fane

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• Barbara Fane : Oh, I'd forgotten all about you. This is Button, Charles, a ridiculous name, Bimbo's twin.

  Charles Donkin : Good heavens! I hadn't realized Bimbo cold be duplicated.

• Barbara Fane : But, Paris is demoralizing them.

  Charles Donkin : Nonsense. They're demoralizing Paris.

• Barbara Fane : What's through there?

  Charles Donkin : Boys, usually

  Barbara Fane : Well, can't she go and play with them?

  Charles Donkin : Play? My dear Barbara, this is a monastic establishment. No female foot ever crosses that threshold.

• Barbara Fane : Just before we left, Aubrey said the most extraordinary thing.

  Charles Donkin : What'd he say?

  Barbara Fane : If my darling Angela had had any sense, those children would have been Charles Donkin's, not mine.

  Charles Donkin : What infernal chic. If Angela had married me, our children wouldn't have borne any resemblance to those little horrors.

  Barbara Fane : Oh, I think you're the most cruel, heartless man I know.

  Charles Donkin : I'm not cruel and I'm not heartless.

  Barbara Fane : Yes, you are.

  Charles Donkin : I'm not.

• Barbara Fane : A fire in May. You can't breathe the same air as you did yesterday, you know?

  Charles Donkin : I seem to have heard that somewhere before.

• Chris Faringdon : I hope that settles your little housing problem.

  Barbara Fane : You wire-pulling old reprobate.

• Barbara Fane : [Talking to boys of the house]  Never be false - or, if you prefer it, always be loyal. Even though sometimes it may be against your own conviction. Be infinitely considerate of other people's feelings. That is what is meant by that much maligned phrase about being a gentleman. And, lastly, but very briefly - speak the truth. Believe me, of all the methods that have been tried by great men from Machiavelli down to his present-day imitators, speaking the truth has always served man best. And us, as a nation, best. Now, would you just try to bear these three tips in mind?

• Barbara Fane : [Holding Rosemary]  My wise Angela.

  Charles Donkin : Rosemary, darling.

  Barbara Fane : [Shaking his head]  Angela.

• Button Faringdon : May I ask why you're kissing that lady?

  Barbara Fane : Because I admire her.

  Button Faringdon : Well, she happens to be engaged to me.

  Barbara Fane : Yes, well that's why I was kissing her -- profound sympathy.

  Sir Berkeley Nightingale : For profound relief.

• Charles Donkin : Charles, Philip and I want to go to Vienna and be married. Do you mind?

  Barbara Fane : Yes, I do. Gert married and then go to Vienna.