The Lady Eve (1941)

Eric Blore: Sir Alfred McGlennan Keith

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• Jean : Do you know Charles?

  Sir Alfred McGlennan Keith : Oh, is he the tall backward boy who's always toying with toads and things? Yes, I think I have seen him skulking about.

  Jean : He isn't backwards. He's a scientist.

  Sir Alfred McGlennan Keith : Oh, is that what it is? I knew he was... peculiar.

• Charles : No, it's just that this girl on the boat.

  Sir Alfred McGlennan Keith : There was a girl on a boat?

  Charles : She looked so exactly like your niece.

  Sir Alfred McGlennan Keith : Shhh! Did she have the McGlennan eyes? The cornflower blue?

  Charles : I think so.

  Sir Alfred McGlennan Keith : Then you must never mention a word of this to a soul.

  Charles , Sir Alfred McGlennan Keith : What do you mean?

  Sir Alfred McGlennan Keith : Shhh! You're rattling the skeleton in our family closet. I'm afraid you've stumbled on the sorrow of Sidwich, the secret of the century.

• Charles : I hope your niece doesn't think I'm a half-wit.

  Sir Alfred McGlennan Keith : Oh, ho, bumblepuppy

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  Sir Alfred McGlennan Keith : . Why, she's used to having young men fall for her.