Marple (TV Series)
By the Pricking of My Thumbs (2006)
Greta Scacchi: Tuppence Beresford
Quotes
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Tommy Beresford : [Tuppence asks Tommy to drive so she can continue reading her copy of Macbeth. Tommy chuckles in response] I was in Macbeth at my prep school. "Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day."
Tuppence Beresford : [gets in car on passenger side] I heard you were marvelous.
Tommy Beresford : Who from?
Tuppence Beresford : You.
Tommy Beresford : Hmm.
[gets in car and starts engine]
Tommy Beresford : "By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes."
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Septimus Bligh : Why do you drink?
Tuppence Beresford : Why do you?
Septimus Bligh : [Bitterly] Because life is empty of meaning.
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Septimus Bligh : You're after a drink? I recognize a fellow soak when I see one. Do you hide your bottles under hedges or behind books on bookshelves?
Tuppence Beresford : Why do you drink?
Septimus Bligh : Because life is empty of meaning.