Poldark (TV Series)
Episode #1.9 (1975)
Ralph Bates: George Warleggan
Quotes
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Nicholas Warleggan : [Speaking about Poldark] Do you have a case against him?
George Warleggan : We have three or four good witnesses who'll swear against him.
Nicholas Warleggan : If they don't, they won't be paid.
George Warleggan : One's a discharged servant nursing his grudge as you nurse your guineas.
Nicholas Warleggan : Now, speakin' of that, how mu...
George Warleggan : Only a guinea or two, Father.
Nicholas Warleggan : Mmm. I want to see Poldark hang, but I don't want to be bankrupted.
George Warleggan : You have great faith in hope, Father. Put more faith in cash, and you won't be disappointed.
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Francis Poldark : [Half drunkenly] Are you here for the elections or to see Ross hanged, drawn, and quartered?
George Warleggan : For the elections as everyone else.
Francis Poldark : Ah, have you got money invested in the elections as well? My dear George, you've got your dirty little fingers in every pie, haven't you?
George Warleggan : Francis, I don't...
Francis Poldark : You know, I doubt there's a profitable pie in the whole of Cornwall that you Warleggan blackbirds aren't comfortably baked in.
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Nicholas Warleggan : What's this?
George Warleggan : A list of our witnesses bought and paid for.
Nicholas Warleggan : Eight? How much did they cost?
George Warleggan : [Slighly exasperated] You can't have people hanged for nothing, Father!