Housemaster (1938)
Michael Shepley: Victor Beamish
Quotes
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Victor Beamish : [Spotting Donkin's lit fireplace] A bit hot for a fire in May, isn't it?
Charles Donkin : Not in my opinion.
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Victor Beamish : You know, really, our new headmaster, and his innovations, is getting rather boring. I always think that you ought of been headmaster, Donkin. You are at least comparatively human.
Charles Donkin : Oh, thank you. We needn't discuss the head mastership. The post is filled by a very brilliant man.
Victor Beamish : Can you tell me one thing about him that is brilliant?
Charles Donkin : Certainly. He's a magnificent organizer, a genuine scholar and a born leader That's three things to start with.
Victor Beamish : And he hasn't got the beginning of an idea of what goes on in a boy's head.
Charles Donkin : Oh, my dear fellow, how many of us have?
Victor Beamish : You have.
Charles Donkin : Well, anyway, he's the head and we've got to back him up.