Housemaster (1938)

Walter Hudd: Frank Hastings

Quotes 

• Frank Hastings : Ignorance is bad enough. Cheating is abominable.

• Frank Hastings : In some ways, Farington, you're a genius. You can translate English into a Greek not spoken in Greece, and Latin into an English not spoken anywhere.

• Frank Hastings : [Noticing the fireplace]  My goodness, a fire in May. Do you mind if I open one of these windows? You can't breathe the same air as you did yesterday, you know?

  Charles Donkin : Frank, for 20 years you've been trying to open my windows. I sometimes wonder who taught you that trick. A fondness for drafts is a purely feminine ploy. And we're both bachelors. We always will be.

• Frank Hastings : [Referring to Victor Beamish after passing him in the doorway]  An uncouth modern product. Good morning, Charles.

• Charles Donkin : No, I cannot play golf with you, nor any other foolish thing.

  Frank Hastings : Nobody asked you to.

• Charles Donkin : And may I ask why Barbara communicates with me through you? I've known her as long as you have?

  Frank Hastings : Not quite. I introduced you to Barbara and to Angela at a ball.

  Charles Donkin : Imagine you and me at a ball. Well, you anyhow.