The Divorce of Lady X (1938)
H.B. Hallam: Jefferies - The Butler
Quotes
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Lord Steele : I'm appalled to think that my granddaughter should leave this house at nine in the evening and return at nine in the morning.
Jefferies : You know perfectly well, there are some girls you can't trust to go out and post a letter, but Miss Leslie you can trust to the North Pole.
Lord Steele : Isn't it my duty to ask her for a full account of her doings?
Jefferies : Well look, Tom, you're not a prying, meddlesome judge - you're an adoring grandpa.
[Lord Steele chuckles]
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Lord Steele : You've been messing this paper about. Been trying to do the crossword puzzle.
Jefferies : I don't read your paper. I have my own, and you know it.
Lord Steele : Altogether, I know too much about you.
Jefferies : Then I had better go, altogether.
Lord Steele : That is exactly what I wanted to tell you.
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Leslie : Good morning, grandpa.
Lord Steele : Is it? Where have you been?
Leslie : Hasn't Jeffries told you?
Jefferies : I most certainly did tell you. You know perfectly well there was a fog last night and Miss Leslie spent the night at the Royal Parks Hotel.
Lord Steele : Her father and mother are in India, and I'm responsible for her.
Jefferies : So am I.
Lord Steele : You? I'm her grandfather.
Jefferies : Seems I know her better.